<p>How do you find out about UCSD regents? Is it part of the acceptance like they did for UC Davis, or is it a seperate email? </p>
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<li> On your acceptance page, click “Continue to the Admissions Status Page.” The button appears after the letter.</li>
<li> Click “My Financial Aid Estimate,” which is one of the links with a triangle/arrow next to it</li>
<li> Click “Continue to Awards”</li>
<li> Look under the heading “Grants and Scholarships to Pay for College”</li>
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<p>It’s also in the packet they mail to your home, which includes more information about the benefits regents scholars get and all that. On a side note, did anyone else get phenomenal financial aid from UCSD? Mine came in loan-free about $7,000 a year less than the estimators said, without work study factored in either. Wasn’t expecting that at all. </p>
<p>After looking into UCSD regents, it’s an amazing (and extremely generous) deal. How would you guys rank UCSD regents with regular admission to UCB or UCLA? Do the benefits of regents outweigh a higher ranked program?</p>
<p>Does it actually say regents scholar, or does it just give a total of grants?</p>
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<p>Yes, Regents for our son will be a grant (no loans or work/study) that covers the entire difference between the cost of attendance and our EFC. And EFC is FAFSA EFC, which is more favorable than the measures used by most private colleges.</p>
<p>My son picked UCSD regent over UCB. Visit the colleges and get a sense of all the schools. But a large benefit of regent is selecting classes. Regents don’t get priority until the second quarter, so my son got frustrated with picking classes in the first quarter because they all filled before he could sign up (freshman last priority). For his second and third quarter, he has been able to sign up for the perfect schedule with the teachers he wanted Regents are in the first group of students that are able to select classes, even before Seniors. </p>
<p>Wow, I wish I would’ve known about Regents before. Would’ve applied as a regular Chem major instead of Chem Eng. 
Congrats to all scholars, though!</p>
<p>Do engineering majors get regents? And do you have to file the fafsa to be eligible for the regents scholarship? Because I don’t have the awards thing under financial aid estimate…</p>
<p>As a CSE major, I can guarantee that engineering majors can get regents. The more I think about it the more I feel like priority registration is a deal breaker. Thanks jjcollege. </p>
<p>^^^ Yeah, hard to turn down Regents at UCSD for non-Regents at any of the other campuses.</p>
<p>If you are thinking of attending UCSD, make sure to register for housing ASAP. Even if you decide to go to another university/school, its only a commitment if you decide to attend UCSD. During June orientation last year, the housing person said that the date when you signed up for housing was one of the major factors in where the student was assigned (single, double, triple, location). Some students did not sign up for housing until mid or late April when they decided to attend UCSD and regretted not registering earlier. Last year, housing was tight, more students decided to enroll at UCSD than anticipated. Actually had “single” rooms with two students. Also some students from one college had to live at another college due to space at the beginning of the year.
see below…good luck
From the Housing website:<br>
How is Housing assigned?
Your Housing assignment is determined by your Housing application date, college of registration, AND room type preference. All of these factors play a role in determining if you are placed in your college of registration, tripled, or wait-listed. First-year students are housed in their college of registration whenever possible; however, enrollment fluctuations, college policies, and availability sometimes make it impossible. In these instances, students may be offered a Housing space elsewhere on campus.
When should I apply for Housing?
You should apply for Housing online as soon as you receive your admit letter, usually mid- to late-March. There is no fee to apply and no penalty for declining to sign the housing contract, so we highly recommend you apply even before you decide to attend UC San Diego or submit your Statement of Intent to Register (SIR).The deadline to apply for housing is May 1, 2014.</p>
<p>@thattechguy I chose UCSD over Berkeley and UCLA, mostly because I was given Regents at UCSD. I know many other Regents scholars that picked UCSD over Berkeley or UCLA. It happens more than you might think. The scholarship was nice, but the priority registration is fantastic. It’s not as great with the stupid two pass system (I went to school before they started doing that), but it’s still nice.</p>
<p>Housing application doesn’t appear to be available yet. "The housing application will be available in late-March . . . "</p>
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<p>Son also got great regents scholarship as yours. Did not know it would be that good.</p>
<p>Will be deciding between UCSD regents, UCLA (got engineering “likely” letter), and UCB (hopefully accepted).</p>
<p>Since his major is Computer Science, I think
UCSD Regents > UCLA</p>
<p>but we are still not sure if
UCSD Regents > UCB, that will be a decision!</p>
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<p>^^^ Priority registration at UCSD is a big selling point. If our son doesn’t get Regents at UCLA (still waiting to hear), Regents at UCSD would seem to be his best option among the UC’s (since he isn’t Regents at UCB). </p>
<p>So you would take UCSD Regents over UCB? I am not so sure.</p>
<p>@rgosula Which school does your son like better? I chose UCSD over UCB, but it was mainly because I didn’t like UC Berkeley or the area it was in. Both are good schools and your son will be fine at either of them. If your son really likes Berkeley, then he should go to Berkeley. If your son really likes UCSD, then he should go to UCSD. Does he have a preference for area? It can sometimes be easier to get connections and first jobs out of college in the general area around where you went to college. If the money doesn’t make or break you, then just let him pick which every school he likes the best. The vast majority of students survive at Berkeley without priority registration, and if that’s where he wants to go, then he should go there. If he doesn’t care at all, then I’d go with the money and the perks of being a regents scholar. I don’t know what CS students get, but I know that when I was a student there I got research experience and a lot of contact with professors as a freshman because I was a regents scholar.</p>
<p>Try to go to Triton day to visit UCSD and Cal Day for UCB. At this stage, just have your child get a feel for both campuses. Of course as a regent scholar, UCSD will put on a good show. I remember a breakfast with all the regents that were at Triton day where the Chancellor and the school made a personal presentation on how unique the regent group was. At Triton Day, there was a small taste of the research opportunity Regents would get at UCSD. We never got to UCB because he decided on UCSD after the Triton day trip, but I would recommend going to both campus in April if possible. He is majoring in Marine Biology/Biology so he though UCSD would be a better fit for him. As a regent, my son was assigned a graduate student doing research from the day one. Its a win-win scenario on either choices. </p>