<p>Since you ask directly–yes, using the past tense ("…I recently transferred to UCLA") actually means you have already done it. Basic English. What you meant to write, I guess, is you were recently admitted to UCLA as a transfer. If you had been clearer about your status, we’d know that you have not attended classes at UCLA yet and all your comments here are more conjectures and hopes than experience and fact.</p>
<p>Honestly, I cannot imagine why any candidate for Trustee Scholar would be so annoyed and aggravated with attending the interview for full tuition. Most students fly in from all over the country and do not feel so outraged as you seem to. It makes us wonder if, in fact, you were awarded that scholarship at all, after that long and arduous drive up the 405.</p>