<p>I just received the invite today. I was just wondering if receiving this invite guarantees me admission? I hope they don't send these letters out to those of us who would apply and somehow got rejected.</p>
<p>I got the invitation too. I am wondering the same thing.</p>
<p>Yes, DS got his today too! I wonder what the stats are in regards to how many are invited to apply and how many actually win the award?</p>
<p>I read that being invited to apply is not a sure bet that you are in but if you are called for the interview, then you are in and they tell you first thing when you get there. Exciting!</p>
<p>Was the notification through email?</p>
<p>MarmyQ: I got my letter through email.
fidoprincess:
Ah, that does sound exciting. I think I’ll apply for this one ^^ Now, the only trouble is trying to find a recommender.</p>
<p>is the email from UCLA Alumni Association, titled "Apply for a UCLA Scholarship: $4000-$20,000?</p>
<p>No. I received that email as well.
It was titled “Regents Scholarship Invitation”</p>
<p>Oops, disregard the info above. The interview is for Berkeley only. UCLA doesn’t interview for Regents.</p>
<p>The alumni scholarship is different than the Regents so apply for both if you have the opportunity!</p>
<p>tarusajg, My DS has applied for a lot of scholarships and he just keeps asking the same teachers who don’t seem to mind because they already have the recommendation written. He has 3 teachers who he calls on depending what subject in school fits that type of scholarship. Can’t you just ask one of your teachers who have already written a recommendation for you?</p>
<p>I also received the Email and I would love to know if this means that we are practically garaunteed acceptance or not, (when I say practically I mean even if its not literally 100% chance, but if the vast majority of applicants who received this Email in previous years were also accepted), if anyone knows that would be great!</p>
<p>Ok so based on my understanding. The “regent’s scholarhip inviation” e-mail means you have already been ACCEPTED to UCLA as a regular student. However, you still have to submit some rec letters and even more annoying essays to UCLA. I also read somewhere in an old 2004 UCLA regents scholarship thread that the school sends out an unusually large number of scholarships (800ish) and only a few (100ish). My friend also says that the situation is still like that today. My question to you people is whether or not anybody has more recent statistics for the scholarships?</p>
<p>Thanks fido, I’ll try to contact those teachers again. I really need to send each of them a thank you gift which is about 5 months overdue… Hopefully, they’ll forgive me.</p>
<p>taurusajg, You’re welcome. Also note that you have to submit your part before the teacher can upload their recommendation. If you applied with the common app for any schools, your teachers probably already have the letter saved from when they uploaded it there.</p>
<p>xmp2012, Do you mean to say they invited around 800 and only pick 100? That seems like an excessive number to invite if only 100 get it.</p>
<p>Here is the page that has the stats: [UCLA</a> Financial Aid Office | CAL GRANTS | LOANS | WORK STUDY | SCHOLARSHIP | PELL GRANTS](<a href=“http://www.fao.ucla.edu/uclascholarships/regents.html]UCLA”>http://www.fao.ucla.edu/uclascholarships/regents.html)
They invite 1000 and pick 100 so not great odds but very good perks if you get it.</p>
<p>The top 1.5% of the entering freshmen applicant pool are invited by the Faculty Committee on Honors, Awards and Prizes and the Financial Aid Scholarship Office to compete for the UCLA Regents scholarship. (approximately 1000 entering freshmen are invited to compete each year) </p>
<p>Letters of invitation are mailed to students during the first week of February.
UCLA has, historically, chosen the top 1.5% of the entering freshmen applicant pool to compete for the Regents scholarship.</p>
<p>The UCLA Faculty Committee on Honors, Awards and Prizes selects the scholars after a rigorous review of each student’s academic performance, quality of the essay, the quality of the student’s extra-curricular activities, letters of recommendation, personal achievement rankings (as determined by the Admissions Office), life’s hardships, and additional distinctive personal achievements.</p>
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<p>They probably have to offer the scholarship to 500 students to find 100 who will end up enrolling at UCLA. After all, these are the same students who will be accepted at Stanford, Ivies, etc.</p>
<p>I found the answer to my question
<a href=“https://www.fao.ucla.edu/regents_app/freshmen.aspx[/url]”>https://www.fao.ucla.edu/regents_app/freshmen.aspx</a>
At the very bottom it says
Invitation and submission of the Regents Scholarship application does not automatically guarantee admissions to UCLA.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help everyone</p>
<p>Although the odds don’t sound to well, I’m pretty sure not all of the 1000 invited are going to apply which relieves me a little. Every bit of chance helps.</p>