Leadership Award Invite

fgblomqvist
Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:18:41 +0000

I have gotten 2 invites now (like most people) and planned to apply this weekend (because I’m short on time atm), but then I decided to just google it for a bit and now I am not that sure anymore.

When I read the invite and their page I got the feeling that there was more to this award than just the money, but after reading here at CC it seems that it is simply a small sum given to very few of the applicants? I read that everyone with a GPA over 3.3 and that ticked some box saying something like “I agree to share my info with 3rd party scholarship givers” get this invite.

For me as an intl student 2000$ is pocket change compared to what I will have to pay for my study in the US. Furthermore, to be able to go to an interview in say London (I live in Europe) I would have to shell out 200-300$ for flight and hotel etc.

Considering that my chances for getting into Berkeley in the first place are slim, it now just feels like a waste of time. Am I right?