<p>Hi, I’m a Regents :]
My UC Score is 466. But I’m really not sure whether they rely on UC Scores. I believe they select Regents by talents or backgroud… something that makes you stand out. I’ll leave a short profile on what i think made me stood out:
I’m fluent in 5 languages; I’m 100% asian born in south america & lived there most of my life; I’ve been in the US for only 3 years , starting HS sophomore year; I was able to become salutatorian within 3 years; I was the vicepresident of speech and debate.</p>
<p>Here’s a short description of a couple Regents friends, maybe they can help you see the “Regents criteria”:
-This guy is in the top 5% of his class, when he was little lived in different places of the world including Romania & Singapore, plays saxophone in a jazz ensemble, self taught guitar and base, has made projects on music recordings, works at a prestigious company where he designs programs (also self taught).
-This girl is also the salutatorian, plays violin (in orchesta), is the school news paper editor, won awards for her writings, excels at English<br>
-This girl is top5%, is an intern in National Institute of Health for a year and half, has only been in the US for 3 years, excelled in a competitive high school (anyone familiar with the book “The Overachivers” drawn from real life experiences at Walt Whitman high school?), strong in science and very sure in her pursue of carrer: she wants to do research in science field.</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with their GPA or SAT. But I’m pretty sure they are very high. I seldom talk about SAT scores when I’m with my friends (since is something that really does not concern a college student anymore… you’ll know what i mean when you get here :P) but so far I personally do not remember any Regents with GPA<4.0 or SAT<2000. But note: the fact that I do not remember does not mean there isn’t. I’m just providing a personal observation of my peers.</p>
<p>Hope it helps. CC is great :] it helped me a bunch when i applied colleges :]</p>