@Pastpower but what about people who didn’t even receive it the first time or those that received it despite their already turning in an application for it?
Was anybody included in the people he just described ^^
@IntoxMuff1389 no one got it the second time and didn’t get it the first time, idk where you are getting that info from…everyone either got it both times or never got it to begin with
How do any of you know no one else got it. Using CC as your sample size is pretty skewed if you ask me. Don’t read too much into this
hello everyone! last year I was in the same position as all of you, incredibly anxious and excited for college decisions to come out. I just want to clear the air on one thing; the alumni scholarship emails. I’m a current first year at ucla and I went to a CA school so many of my friends applied to ucla and I have current little senior friends that are awaiting their own college decisions. the alumni scholarship emails are no indicator on if you got into ucla or not. I had friends who didn’t receive the emails and still got in and friends that did receive the emails and didn’t get in. personally, I did receive the emails and I, like most of you, wondered if that was a sign on if I got into the school or not (but as stated above, they aren’t). there is no way to know if you got into ucla until the admission decisions actually come out! so you’re just going to have to sit tight with your fingers crossed. I’m excited and rooting for all of you and I’m excited for the next round of Baby Bruins 
@IntoxMuff1389 I can’t say who got what for the Alumni email. I can only speak for myself which was that I got the email twice. Either way, I don’t think the Alumni Scholarship invitation is anything worth worrying about or whatnot.
@Pastpower Some people on the A2C subreddit have said that they received it the second time but not the first.
I think people are missing the point on the Alumni Scholarship discussion. Nobody believes that the email guarantees acceptance nor that not receiving the email guarantees rejection. The only question is whether or not there is some information in the email. For those that claim that there is no information, that would mean that (hypothetically) someone with a 5.0 GPA and someone with a 3.0 GPA would be equally likely to receive the email. I have a hard time believing that. My best guess is that receiving the email means that you passed some degree of screening, but the degree is hard to quantify.
Does UCLA really take a holistic approach? What are some of the low SAT scores that you have heard of them accepting?
I am feeling discouraged only because of my SAT score.
@LaurenSterns GPA and Test scores are almost all of the application. It’s holistic to wheat ECs and essays count some and help to provide a better picture. But it’s very rare holistic factors can overcome poor gpa and test scores
@10s4life My SAT isn’t awful but it is definitely not up there. I am a valedictorian, 4.29 GPA, tons of EC, president of community service club, restaurant manager/shift leader, CY soccer, etc.
Are you saying that just because my test score may be a little below average that I am completely disregarded?
@LaurenSterns no I said poor test scores not a little below average. No one is completely disregarded. You took what I said out of context. Poor would be at or below the 25th percentile
@10sforlife Do you happen to know which GPA UCLA weighs more heavily, the UC GPA or the overall high school GPA? I have heard they look at both. My son has a 4.17 UC GPA, a 4.6 overall weighted GPA and a 36 ACT score. We received a supplemental application, we’re assuming because he explained why he earned a couple of B’s at the end of his junior year in his UC app.
@jackbelchos The fully weighted uncapped is more of a factor. It helps distinguish from the UC gpa as too many students max that out. His act is stellar
@10s4life Thank you - that’s reassuring!
my friend got the supplementals a while back because of a struggle in her family life. she has stats much lower than UCLA’s average: 3.7 and 30 ACT, but does she have a change of admission? her supplemental essay was great
@stochastic22 I couldn’t tell you what screening process the alumni scholarship goes through. No one can really. But every year people make way too big of a deal out of the emails, and I just wanted to take any pressure anyone might be feeling bc they didn’t receive the emails away.
as for who receives the emails, like I said above no one knows for certain. but I can say that a close friend of mine last year applied to ucla for the fun of it bc he was applying to ucsd and uci and he had a fee waiver so it’s not like it cost him anything to add the school to his list. his sat was slightly under mine (like a 1330/1600) and his gpa was way lower than ucla’s average. but he was a mintory (low income, african american, and gay) and had good EC’s: asb treasurer, varsity track, ran the lgbt club on campus and was involved in other leadership positions. and he received the alumni scholarship invite and was denied from all the UC’s (he’s currently happy at our state school).
selection for the alumni scholarship is top-notch, but who the invite goes out to I think is a little more slack. I didn’t apply for the scholarship last year for the reason that it seemed to be highly selective and I consider myself to be average. my gpa was in the top percentage and I had good EC’s but I had average test scores and I knew it was just a waste of my time filling out the app.
you’ll never know why a college admits you and you won’t know why you were or weren’t chosen for the alumni scholarship. it is what it is but it’s best not to dwell
@Soccergirl2232 Well, the point of the SQ is to make decisions for those that they were undecided upon. So, technically, there was never an admission decision in the first place. But, thinking positively, this could’ve been exactly what they needed to put her into the “yes” pile.
What is the supplemental application?
@thewait123 It is sent to borderline applicants or to those the admissions officers feel need more information to make a decision.