<p>According to one of the representatives, the interviews will be held on/before June 24th. This is less than two weeks away, and I still have not received any interview requests from the UCLAlumni.</p>
<p>Since there are lots of outstanding candidates who's applied to the scholarship, I'm not expecting much of a result. However, I just want to know whether they have started sending out interview requests to anyone here.</p>
<p>i did my interview already</p>
<p>how did they contact you? via email? phone call? letter?</p>
<p>phone call, they called me last week. 9 were selected from the los angeles disctrict as finalists, and only 3 are gonna get it.</p>
<p>i did. it was pretty intense.</p>
<p>i don't know how many for the bay area got it...nor do i know how many people are receiving the scholarship.</p>
<p>but actually...since i submitted my sir to both berkeley and ucla, i had to withdraw from one a few days ago...i chose to go to berkeley.</p>
<p>which is a shame if i did get that scholarship! i probably wouldn't, even if i did go to la...</p>
<p>hell yeah it was intense; i didnt get it. I got a call the following day saying something like "we decided to give it to other recipients" </p>
<p>marytwee, why did u decide on berk? are u from the bay?</p>
<p>dude, i had no idea it was going to be that intense. i was thinking maybe it would be one or two people asking me a few questions about why i wanted the scholarship or something. having like...six people surround you at a desk (very confrontational-esque) asking you these tough questions was crazy.</p>
<p>i haven't received anything back from them, yet. they told me they would email me...but again, since im going to cal, this doesnt really apply.</p>
<p>sort of, yeah. moved to san jose a year ago...but really haven't gotten a full taste of the bay area. but i chose berkeley because i love the bay area...i love how everything is really close by, the people, the awesome public transportation system, the laidback vibe...i just really fit this area a lot, and it seems conducive to what i want to accomplish.</p>
<p>but it was hard letting go of la, let me tell ya...!</p>
<p>lol, i wanted to go to berkeley, but i chose LA cuz im from LA and i have lived here all my life so it seemed like the easier choice, kinda like yours.</p>
<p>But yeah, the interview was intense, but mine had 10 alumni in the room! so i had more! and the questions were all weird. They probably gave it to the nerdy azn; they prolly liked him cuz he fitted the bill--nerd, ugly, and obsessive lol...:)</p>
<p>hmmmm ....that's a stereotype right there mojo. I'm Asian. I ain't nerdy nor obsessive.</p>
<p>I wasnt stereotyping; he was really nerdy and obsessive.</p>
<p>WOW. 10 is insane.</p>
<p>I didn't meet any of the other students who applied for the scholarship! Hmmm...I wonder what they're like...</p>
<p>I was able to see 2 of them, one before the interview and one after lol</p>
<p>Holy ****. I got it.</p>
<p>I won the UCLA alumni association community college transfer scholarship.</p>
<p>I am totally in shock right now. I thought I was a serious goner after the interviews...it was over for me. </p>
<p>The bottom line is I already chose another school. I still can't believe it, though.</p>
<p>Curious, but how many of these scholarships do they award each year?</p>
<p>um, it depends on the district; like for the LA district, it was 3 out of 9.
There are a lot of districts in Cali. So i assume around 100-300 students prolly got it.</p>
<p>oh, and i forgot to say congrats lol! but you arent going anyways :p</p>
<p>well, that scholarship isnt really worth it anyways. They make you do 30 hours of community service (Oh hell no!!); I would rather be working or be doing internships with that time!</p>
<p>Have fun at berk :)! Your experience there is prolly worth more than that scholarship!</p>
<p>Thanks, mojojojo. :)</p>
<p>While it's true that it sucks to do 30 hours of service, you get free printing privileges at the alumni center...free printing privileges...!! Isn't that worth it?? :P</p>
<p>I feel better now that I know a fairly good amount of students receive it, too.</p>
<p>free printing privileges? lol i got my own printer :p</p>