UCB Alumni scholarship e-mail

WordWorld
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:35:15 +0000

Ms. Sun or anyone else who is “in the know,”
Could you please tell me the difference between the alumni UCLA invite and the UCB invite received today? My son received the UCLA alumni email a few weeks ago and has sent in all the stuff it asks for (it is his second choice) but UCB is currently first choice, with UCSB a strong third, with UCSB honors program second or even first choice.
He has a 2200+ SAT (semi-weak in W, 670, but 790 M), 3.9 UW, 4.5 W (4.35 UC), SAT II 800 (math2) and two others over 700, three AP at 5. His rigor is OK (3-4 AP’s/honors year) but not the “hardest he could take” at his high-achieving high school. He has acceptable but definitely not great EC’s. He is ELC at his strong public in San Jose. His ELC is based on the recent Jan. 2012 e-mail. He was also way over any requirement for eligible in the statewide context, but no one ever seems to talk about that?
The UCB invite was in his e-mail today for the first time. What do you think?
Regardless, thank you so much, you have educated me in a way that is invaluable! We have three more and I am still pretty new to this, so your information is priceless!