<p>What determines Regents at the UC's? Do they use a hollistic approach for the regents awards or do they base it off of numbers?</p>
<p>pureeeee luck</p>
<p>I know this may be a stupid question, but does regents correlate with admissions to private institutions?</p>
<p>From what I'm seeing, it seems not likely to be numbers-based at all. So, if it is indeed purely hollistic, does getting regents at Berkeley "bolster" your chances of getting admission into privates?</p>
<p>(Btw, I did not get regents)</p>
<p>anything that people are posting about regents selection is nothing but pure speculation, so i'm not going to add to the misinformation. </p>
<p>(for the record, i didn't get regents)</p>
<p>Did they send out regents rejections today or something?</p>
<p>What decides regents? Magic.</p>
<p>Actually, I'm 99% sure its holistic. I forgot whom it was, but a credible source told me the entire point of Regent's was to attract top talent that would otherwise be going to top privates.</p>
<p>At my interview, the interviewer seemed to stress the content of my essays a lot, asking me about what I had written, and repeatedly circling back. Some others reported similar interview experiences (possible sign?). All the usual stuff (GPA, SAT/ACT, EC's) matter, but at the higher levels the essays separate people more IMHO.</p>
<p>Guess I'm screwed then. Heh. </p>
<p>(I didnt even get a regents offer)</p>
<p>i disagree on holistic selection. my sister is plain jane and she got it. her grades were very high, sats and gpa, but her essay was mediocre. </p>
<p>her friend, who has higher stats than her, and extra curriculars, did not get a regents.</p>
<p>If you think admission to HYPS is a crapshoot, just look at selection for Regents at Berkeley. That, to me, is the epitome of 'crapshoot.'</p>
<p>Why do you say Cal Regents is even more of a crapshoot than HYPS? Do some of the winners clearly not deserve it or something?</p>
<p>It's that those who clearly deserve it don't get it, and then those who really don't seem that great do get it. I know people who get into HYPS but don't get Regents. I know people who were rejected from UCLA who got Regents. Of course, there are cases where they get Regents and also got into HYPS.</p>
<p>Basically, every combination is possible for those who get Regents. Just look at what shadow2 says--that isn't atypical at all for Regents.</p>
<p>They must just have some secret criteria or requirement or qualification they are looking for that we dont know about.</p>
<p>I agree that Regent's is less based on numbers--I've had quite a few B's and a few C's in high school, but I got Regent's while some of my 4.0 friends (in equally or more challenging classes) didn't.</p>
<p>How do I check if I got Regents or not?</p>
<p>I didn't get regents but got likely letters to stanford, yale, and columbia. i got accepted ea to caltech and rd to mit.</p>
<p>Very random process... Regent's really doesn't determine much. stupidkid, are you a CA resident?</p>
<p>no im not.</p>
<p>Out-of-state'rs don't find out about regents at Berkeley untill decision day, FYI.</p>
<p>Oh, I didn't know that. Hmm...thanks</p>
<p>^^ So do in-staters. Unless some people have found out already.</p>