Berkeley Regent Scholarship

emiko
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:59:13 +0000

The best part about regent should be the scholarship. My EFC is 0 so I got a full ride and it’s pretty sweet. This was my reason to choose Cal over the east coast colleges. However, don’t expect too much about the faculty adviser. I guess if you are lucky, you might get a good one and she/he probably can help you a bit. I personally didn’t find the faculty adviser of any use and I haven’t seen him since my regent interview.

The housing priority is nice I guess, but it’s not that big of an advantage neither if you end up with not liking the dorm (like me). It’s just safe that you can be sure you get the housing you want and not to end up with living in a triple in the units.

RCSA is a quite nice group to start with for people who just came to Cal. It does throw out nice events and if you are willing to commit the time, I am sure you can meet a bunch of really great people there. I personally didn’t join a lot of the events they have (too busy), but I have heard really good thing about the association from people who are active in it. Also, it has a nice test bank that’s only accessible to the scholars.

About the prestige … I do feel like it makes my resume looks quite good. It kind of makes you look like the “top of the top” students from Berkeley which is pretty impressive considering how many students who have here. (we have more students than all the Ivies combine!)