UCLA Alumni Scholarship 2019 -- has anyone received an email?

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Hi everyone!

I have been hearing from friends that people have been receiving an invitation to apply for the alumni scholarship at UCLA. I have read that it boosts your chances of getting in, but I wanted to know if that means that I probably would not get in. I have a 4.27 weighted UC GPA and a 35 on the ACT. I have read that people with lower statistics have gotten the invitation but I am worried that I have not yet received any notifications.

Additionally, does any other UC do the same thing for alumni scholarship?

Thank you!

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The invitation has a correlation of about 60% of getting in. Actually applying has no bearing on acceptance. The invite emails are given to what are usually the top 20% of a typical admit class. Hope that helps.

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If only given to top 20% and some with a 35 ACT didn’t get one, sheesh.

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@gzza73 You misread my comments. It’s given to students who are typically found in the top 20% of admits. It does not mean getting one means you’re in the top 20% of UCLA’s admitted class. That’s why there’s a correlation of getting the email and getting in. That is all This topic is getting blown way out of proportion.

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@10s4life thanks for the clarification. I’m new to this, my S19 is the oldest. Excited, nervous and stressed.

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@10s4life thank you for the clarification! I was just unsure because of what a former Almuni Scholar wrote in this blog post: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/1458538-ucla-alumni-scholarship-invitation-p1.html. Here, they say that it is SOLELY based on test scores and GPA, which is why I was slightly worried.