Same, Cal is my top, makes me excited when I read that.
do u go to cc currently?
Yeah, one year transfer, so I’m really nervous, bc i’ve heard about getting discriminated against for that by admission councils and then I’ve also heard it looks impressive, so I’m not sure.
most students are referred to us because, by virtue of an initial round of application review, an admissions representative has found that candidate worthy of consideration for a highly prestigious merit scholarship
~70-80% of those invited to apply are admitted to UCLA
I copied this from a thread about UCLA alumni scholarship invites, idk if its the same for Berkeley.
I did not get that email! 
@hailey5799 I’m assuming that most people who get the email are admitted to Berkeley. However, not receiving the email might mean a rejection, a waitlist, or an acceptance- I highly doubt they send the email to everyone they’re accepting.
At least that’s what I keep telling myself xD
I mean I’m not finding much on the UC Berkeley Alumni Scholarships, but from what I’m reading about the UCLA ones, not everyone who gets the invite is admitted and not everyone who doesn’t is rejected. So hope… although I’m hoping fingers crossed I got in!
I got the email too, but I don`t have my hopes up, but will still apply to the scholarships just in case and might luckily win some money. Worst Case Scenario no acceptance.
Found threads, not a guarantee of admission, but your shots go up to about 50 percent, based on a thread I was looking at earlier. I can’t deal with this right now. I’ll apply and screw it, this is messing with me too much. UGh.
Guys, they’re still rolling out the cal alumni association emails, only got mine 5 minutes ago
Right when I got that email I came on here because I knew everyone would be talking about it lol
Lol same after I got the email I came straight here
@hailey5799 where did you see it (which thread?)
anyway i applied already…
Who has NOT received the email?
@bobaboi I got it off a freshmen cal alumni scholarships thread bc I couldn’t find any for transfers. It was like 2600ish of the 5600 that were sent the email got accepted into berkeley, but thats for freshmen could be different for us, and it was a older thread.
From what I’m seeing though is that the UCLA one is more prestigious and selective so if you get that one then youre most likely into UCLA, for Berkeley it really has no effect on your decision.
@farquad24 I haven’t received the email.
I got the email too about an hour ago… Do you guys know if the committee sees the UC essays? I don’t know if I should write about the same things I did for my UC application lol.
Could you guys post your stats along with whether or not you got the email? Maybe there’s a pattern somewhere?
Major: Political science
Transferring from a CCC
GPA: 3.86
IGETC: done after this semester, 1 science class left
Major prereqs: Done
ECs: a moderate amount but no leadership positions
Got the email?: No