UCLA Psychobiology Transfer willing to give advice

SnYpaJY
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:44:43 +0000

TO: TonyPreMed2013

I like the drive. Keep it up and you can accomplish all of your dreams.

The Regents Scholarship is great. They treat you like a king here if you have it (not really don’t get your hopes up!).

Actually though, I am blessed to have received this. Some of the benefits include priority registration (my registration is 2 weeks before any other science students normal registration). On top of that, we get to sign up for more units at a certain time. So for instance, my friend can only sign up for two classes at a certain time, while I can sign up for three classes. I pretty much have my ideal schedule every quarter. This alone is a good enough reason to win the scholarship.

Their are other benefits like guaranteed parking. The beauty of this is that you don’t have to show any proof of work outside of UCLA. You automatically get parking as long as you apply by the deadline.

There are other perks, but those are probably the best.

Financially, the scholarship gives you $2000 per year regardless of your family’s income. However, the scholarship will cover all of your financial need as stated on FAFSA. So if FAFSA reports that your financial need is $26,000 for the academic year, they will cover all of it without a loan. Remember, your financial need is solely dependent upon your parents annual income. If your financial need is 0, they will only give you $2000 per year and not cover tuition/books/housing. So your not automatically going to get a “full ride” if you get the scholarship.

Your number one goal is to get a 4.0 next year. In order to get the scholarship, you will have to first be invited to compete for it. People who have really high GPA’s are the only people invited, so maintaining a high GPA should be your priority.

Once you get invited (sometime in February) you will have to send in your official transcript, get a letter of rec from a faculty, and write a 300 word response to a question they provide. Don’t worry about this stuff yet.

Don’t take this the wrong way, but you remind me of most premeds. Don’t do certain extracurricular activities because “it looks good”, do it because you want to. If you do this, and write in your normal UC application what you got out of those experiences, you will stand out to admissions. Join AGS only if you want to and if you think you can learn something or gain a new experience from it.

Good luck