<p>I was recently named one of the valedictorians of my graduating class (vals are the top 2% at my school). My college counselor told us that we should notify the colleges we applied to, but will the UCs really care? Is this something they would actually take into consideration, or would they just find it annoying to get a supplemental thing that they didn’t ask for? (I’m ELC so they already know I’m in the top 4%)</p>
<p>I’m particularly curious as to what UCLA would think. I’m applying for the Alumni Scholarship so on the scholarship app I replaced one of the “weaker” awards I put on my UC application with my valedictorian status. Should I just leave it at that and not actually notify the UCs in writing?</p>
<p>unless they specifically asked you for more information, theyll never see it.</p>
<p>the UC adcoms spend less than a minute on each application (by necessity), and give it a cursory (at best) lookthrough.</p>
<p>you get one shot to wow them with essays, gpa, or extracurrics, and thats ALL you get.</p>
<p>submitting more information once they’ve started reviewing is mostly just a waste of postage.</p>
<p>If your gpa is high enough to make valedictorian, then I seriously wouldn’t worry at all.
You’re most probably in, unless you totally bombed the SAT and did drugs in high school, and had the bad sense to say so on your app.</p>
<p>^ Thanks… that’s what I figured, which is why I was skeptical when my college counselor told us to notify the UCs</p>
<p>What would you consider “bombing” the SAT? I’m a pretty crappy test taker so my test scores don’t really correlate with my grades (1950 SAT, 29 ACT)</p>
<p>^ Yeah, I know my SAT is horrible and I probably don’t have a shot of getting a scholarship (I’ll be lucky just to get in, period), but I’d kick myself for the rest of my life if I didn’t at least try.</p>