<p>there is an out of state one too, i think its separate, and you compete on like a regional kind of thing, like all of the students in the midwest in one, or the south, or the east coast. But there is one for sure, a friend of mine in ASC got one, and he's from Chicago. I'm not too sure about the alumni association recruting apps for that, like someone said check the website, or call them.</p>
<p>"no... not all the applicants receive the e-mail. several of my friends also applied to UCLA, and none of them received the e-mail."</p>
<p>I know for certain that absolutely every person who applies gets the email since its just computer-generated to send out automatically to all the applicants. The only way your friends did not receive the email is either because they put down a fake/nonlegit email address or if they felt like flat out lying to you for some reason.</p>
<p>Plus, if you did not for some odd reason receive the email, you can easily just go to the website and apply for the scholarship since the mass email with the "invitation" (actually, its more of an informative email letting you know that it's available) will only give you the gist of what is on the website and just direct you w/ a link to the website. You can just as easily google UCLA alumni scholarship or whatnot and get there in case you accidentally deleted your email or it got caught up in your spam guard.</p>
<p>I was a transfer Alumni Scholar. It sounds like we have fewer interviews.</p>
<p>Then again, I just don't remember...</p>
<p>"I know for certain that absolutely every person who applies gets the email since its just computer-generated to send out automatically to all the applicants. The only way your friends did not receive the email is either because they put down a fake/nonlegit email address or if they felt like flat out lying to you for some reason."</p>
<pre><code> How do you know "for certain"? My friends don't lie, and one of
them actually started to stress out when he didn't receive the
e-mail, so I KNOW he put down the correct address (he has
yahoo mail, a normal and common e-mail provider) and wasn't
lying.
</code></pre>
<p>"Plus, if you did not for some odd reason receive the email, you can easily just go to the website and apply for the scholarship since the mass email with the "invitation" (actually, its more of an informative email letting you know that it's available) will only give you the gist of what is on the website and just direct you w/ a link to the website. You can just as easily google UCLA alumni scholarship or whatnot and get there in case you accidentally deleted your email or it got caught up in your spam guard."</p>
<pre><code> I know that you can still apply if you didn't receive the e-mail,
and that the e-mail merely informed you of the scholarship's
existence. My question was: If, in fact, not all applicants
received the scholarship, how was the list compiled regarding
who received the e-mail? It's not a big deal- I was just curious.
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<p>I know for certain because my friend who applied 2 years back did not receive the email and called up UCLA to only find out that it was just a mass emailing system. They stagger in the emailing, so it may come later for some than others. For my friend, his just happened to get directed to his spam folder a week later than when I received my email. There is no special "list" that they go by in emailing out the applications. They probably mass emails alphabetically or by random groupings of last names, depending on the number of people whose last name fall in the category. There is absolutely nothing special about receiving the email. I remember one of my classmates touted receiving the email my year (who also later found out that everyone in my school who applied to UCLA also eventually got the email), only to find out later in March that she was rejected.</p>
<p>haha! well that'll make my friend feel better.. he was really stressin : )</p>
<p>i hope i didn't sound like i was "touting" the e-mail ... i honestly was merely curious. in all honesty, i don't even want to go to ucla. but shh, don't tell them that! i gotta look good if i apply for that scholarship... (which i have a miniscule chance of getting! lovely...)</p>
<p>I didn't receive the e-mail, and I've really been worried. I have gmail, so I don't know if it got deleted or anything.</p>
<p>"which i have a miniscule chance of getting! lovely"</p>
<p>Most people don't bother applying since they already have that mindset, but you honestly never know unless you apply. </p>
<p>ag388, what are you worried about? The email only gives you a heads up about 1 of many scholarships you can apply for, and you now know about it. I think you can already start applying if you just google for the website, or at least ask for your letters of rec right now.</p>
<p>i was just tense because some of my friends thought they were part of some 'elite' group for recieving the e-mail, and when they started talking about it I went into a panic state. Now I realize that I was definitely over-reacting.</p>
<p>HERE, YOU CAN ALL APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP!
<a href="http://www.uclalumni.net/Scholarships/apply/home.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.uclalumni.net/Scholarships/apply/home.cfm</a></p>
<p>yes, even if you didn't get an email.</p>
<p>i highly doubt that email status = acceptance/rejection, because i think that UCLA wouldn't have finished reading all of its applications at this point.</p>
<p>And we use the term reading loosely.</p>
<p>C'mon now. Do you think the admissions people give cursory glances through the apps? Bet they don't do that at those private schools. At those, they actually read it. Why do you think they don't read their apps?</p>
<p>I actually have a cousin who currently applied to the UCs who just recently contacted them, and the most recent news is that the email is randomly sent out to 10000 applicants (since they don't have the means to send it out to every single applicant, let alone even glance at any data before sending it out), and that the people they send it to is completely random w/ no correlation to GPA or SAT, so even people with no chances of being accepted to ANY UC (who applied to UCLA) are among those who have received the email (its like the lottery, except a lot more people win, if they consider getting the email a "win").</p>
<p>Yes, I win.</p>
<p>So im guessing its the same with the CAL ones? </p>
<p>Anybody applying to all three?</p>
<p>I got one from Berkeley but not LA.</p>
<p>Cal's might be different. Who knows? Anyway, we're only pretty sure the e-mail is essentially random. Not that it matters. What really matters is anyone can apply, although it's a pain to do all of the parts of the application. It's a big reward, though.</p>
<p>I got one from Berkeley but not LA also.</p>
<p>The Cal Alumni Scholarship app is really not a pain in the ass. The UCLA one on the other hand? DEFINITELY. Fortunately, as I recall, one of the UCLA essays can be used for Cal's.</p>
<p>Does anybody know the stats for how many apply for this scholarship, how many actually receive it, and how much money people usually get from it? What I've heard is that thousands apply and only about 250 get it. That seems very discouraging, especially since, as some have said, this application is such a pain. Does anybody know for sure?</p>