I agree. However, it would be very typical for it to take as long as possible haha
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I’m at a school on the quarter system. Should I put my winter quarter grades in a TAU? Also still not sure when I’m gonna know what classes I’ll be in next quarter bc I’m still on a lot of waitlists. Does the TAU close at some point or should I put it in when I find out?
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It closes at the end of March. I submitted my winter quarter grades right after I got them, and honestly, I think it’s good so that they know you’re not hiding anything.
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Just submitted winter grades. They wont look at it but its good to have it done 
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Major: Architectural Studies
In State
4.0
Completed all pre req’s for major
Good portfolio
Happy about my essays
Extracurriculars relevant to my major include
- winning art contests
- having work up in galleries
- playing flute
- painting and commissioning people etc
I’m really scared for decisions because my major allowed Sophomore transfers and I don’t know how I’ll look against the Junior transfers 
Did anyone get an invite for Regents Scholarships? I got one for the Transfer Alumni one but not regents
Same! Nothing for regents but got the alumni scholarship invite. I wonder if they have already invited the regents scholarship yet.
Same here! I only received the Transfer Alumni Scholarship invite.
is there a difference between the transfer alumni invite and the regular alumni invite
Same here! I’ve only gotten the Transfer Alumni invite.
https://prospective-ugstudents-ucla.academicworks.com/opportunities/280
This link says that the first round of Alumni Scholarship offers are made within a week of admission decisions, does that mean we should hear within the next week?
Regents invites were sent out in February for transfers.
Big difference! The Transfer Alumni email went out to over 130,000 people this year (I believe someone emailed the Scholarship Office on Reddit some weeks ago). The Alumni Scholarship is open to everyone, regardless of whether or not you get the email.
The Regents Scholarship, on the other hand, is open to invitations only. You get sent a special code which you then use to apply for the scholarship. Getting a Regents invite is a very, very strong predictor of admission, and they only send the invite out to about 1,000 transfers, I believe. They sent this year’s invites out in February.
I believe the main difference is that one of the scholarships is for Freshman and another is for Transfers. I have zero idea what the email means for transfers, though. I think the 130,000 is just the number of freshman apps they got, so whoever responded to that e-mail is probably not correct. That said, the other responder is correct in that Regents has a far stronger meaning, but I also do not know of any transfer applicants receiving it this year.
How do you know the invite came out in February for transfer? I haven’t heard of anyone receiving it so I was just curious if that has happened for sure. I heard they usually come out about two weeks before decisions come out.
I emailed UCLA Admissions at the end of February asking about when the Regents invites came out, and their reply was something along the lines of: “Invitations for the Regents Scholarship have already been sent out for Fall 2021 transfers. Unfortunately, you were not invited to apply for this scholarship”.
In addition, a few folks have reported receiving Regents invites last month. Here’s an example:
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/t/ucla-regents-scholarship-invitation/3501691
Whoops, misread your message. I thought you were asking if there was a difference between the Alumni Scholarship email and the Regents Scholarship email.
Oh okay thanks! I asked Ms. Sun and she said that last year they were sent out in April 10th so I’m surprised they were sent so early
Well, keep in mind that this invite is extremely rare. If about 1,000 freshman applicants got it, then maybe 200 transfer applicants got it, if I’m going by the rate of invitees to overall applicants for freshmen, which is a tiny percentage of the admits. That would also explain why I’ve only heard of one person getting it. You can definitely still be admitted without the e-mail.
Why do some TAP certified students get rejected?