<p>Goes to a public school (812 API) in California
Gender and Ethnicity: Male, Indian
4.00 GPA (unweighted) (9-12)
4.79 GPA (weighted) (9-12)
4.33 UC GPA
Class rank: 1/256</p>
<p>Test Scores:
SAT: 2210 - 680 CR, 750 M, 780 W, Essay: 11/12
ACT: Did not submit
SAT II Biology M: 790
SAT II Math L2: 760
SAT II U.S. History: 710</p>
<p>Course Rigor:
Took 4 Honors in freshman year (7 total).
Took 1 AP class (AP Biology) in sophomore year and 4 Honors courses (7 total).
Took 4 AP classes and 1 Honor’s course in junior year (6 total).</p>
<p>Senior year schedule:
AP Physics C
AP French Language
AP English Lit.
AP Statistics
AP Environmental Science
Econ/Govt.</p>
<p>-Only one AP course remaining in my school (AP Art)</p>
<p>AP Scores:
AP Biology (sophomore): 5
APUSH (junior): 4
AP English Lang. (junior): 5
AP Calculus AB subscore (junior): 5
AP Calculus BC (junior; not offered, so self-studied): 5
AP Chemistry (junior): 5</p>
<p>EC’s/Volunteer work:
-Volunteered at Canal Alliance for 2 years; (helping lower-class kids in education).
-Member of Youth Leadership Institute:
-Member of its Marin County Youth Commission and President of its Health Committee (3 years)
-Member of its Healthy Empowered Youth Program. (for 3 years)
-Successfully completed and honored in Toastmaster’s International Youth Leadership program. (2010 summer)
-Enrolled in summer classes from UC Berkeley in a program called Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP) for in summer of 2009.
-Member of Link Crew for 2 years (max); (helps high school freshmen to transition into high school life).
-Member of Marin Symphony Youth Orchestra for 3 years.
-Founder of Tennis Club and Cultural Diversity Club.
-Member of Varsity Tennis team (Co-captain).
-Member of California Scholarship Foundation (3 years)
-Peer Tutored kids after school in my high school
-Member of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program (2 years)
-Member of Marin Indian American Association: Member in cultural events and youth education programs. Raised Haiti earthquake relief funds. Taught Indian heritage to young children. (2 years)
-Worked as a paid intern at a Kaiser Perm. Hospital Intern for its 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program- lots of medical experience.
-Went to UC Davis COSMOS program for math and science in summer of 2011 for -Biochemistry (25% acceptance rate)
-23 Community College Credits (Have taken 1 college class per semester since beginning of the 9th grade, will again this Spring)</p>
<p>I know the Regents scholarship is merit-based, but I’m wondering if you have had to apply for financial aid in order to be considered. I read on both the UCB and UCLA sites that the scholarship is administered through the financial aid office (although financial need is not a criteria). I’m wondering now if I blew it by not applying for financial aid.</p>
<p>The thing to remember about Regents is that not getting nominated definitely doesn’t mean rejection - yet so many applicants on CC each year freak out when they don’t get nominated. If you didn’t get it, don’t sweat it. When I was applying, I was nominated for Regents at multiple UCs (including UCLA), but not Berkeley. I remember that my year Regents invitations went out around Valentine’s Day and soured the day for me when I didn’t get nominated - then I got likely letters from a few of HYPSM. These sorts of things are arbitrary and thus hard to predict.</p>
<p>Congrats to those who were nominated - it’s a pretty awesome deal if you get it and need it.</p>
<p>I got invitations from both Cal and UCLA. Does it mean that I already got accepted to those schools? I know this question has been answered so many times, but I also read on CC that some people got rejected even though they got the invitations. Thanks for your reply. Best wish to you all.</p>
<p>^Cal? Yes. UCLA? I don’t know. Can you show me a thread that shows denial w/ Regents invitation? Because regents means they’ve read, accepted, and set aside your application for future use, which is for regents scholarships.</p>
<p>^ I think it might have something to do with demonstrated interest. The Regents scholarship picks out the the very best of the applicant pool (top 800 at UCLA, top 1000 at Berkeley), and given how good the scholarship, you’d think that it would have a higher yield than the overall yield for the freshman class (after all, that’s the point of the Regents scholarship - to make UCs more competitive with private schools to get them to attend). But it doesn’t - IIRC, the yield for Regents recipients at both UCLA and Berkeley is 40%, which is about the same as the overall yield (actually a little lower at Berkeley). That’s because this group has a greater overlap with top privates who bring the yield down; there may also significant overlap between Berkeley and UCLA, who then eat into each other’s Regents yields as they do in general. So if you end up rejected, I think it may be a case of “Tufts syndrome.” They have to keep the yield up, as that’s the only way they can justify the program. If it drops really low over time, it might be axed completely for being ineffective (and thus cost-ineffective).</p>
<p>Show your interest and work hard on your Regents application. I ultimately got into UCLA but didn’t get Regents; I think they could tell that I was most likely not going to attend.</p>
<p>at my S interview last year, we were greeted by the staff with “you may have heard already, but i would like to officially congratulate you of your acceptance to Cal”. then they give away CalMom and CalDad pins and Cal posters. the table is now reversed. Cal would want you to go to Cal. i suggest you take advantage of the ROHP, and even attend a couple of classes. very good experience to get to know Cal.</p>
<p>check the other thread for my posts regarding statistics. if you have some questions regarding the interview, i’d be glad to share my insights.</p>
<p>congratulations and good luck to all of you!</p>
Actually, I want to get in more than to get the scholarship. But all thanks to your reply. I appreciate it. At least, I feel relieved for Cal :D</p>