UCSB RMP (Research Mentorship Program) 2024

What day was your writing sample review? My new writing sample is pending review.why? Lol

Strange, that never happened to me. I only had to verify transcripts

Because they couldn’t open my writing sample at first, they later asked me to send it via email.

oh thats probably why its pending review

Ouch… friendly reminder that there’s no financial aid (aside from the very few scholarships they hand out)

Anyone heard back yet?

Has anyone been accepted so far?

heyyy can someone tell me if i even have a chance for this T_T. I don’t really want to waste more time applying to so much summer programs if I probably won’t get in. (I have some things lined up anyway but this one seems like smth that I might prioritize.)

here are my stats:
3.89 unweighted GPA (i had a blip with chem :((()
4.5 weighted GPA
2 AP classes this year (APUSH, AP Chinese)
6 honors classes in total (precalc h, geometry h, bio h, chem h, English h, mandarin 3 h.)
I’m a sophomore

ECs:
I volunteer at a hospital
I’m a science TA for a lab coordinator (i set up labs, mix solutions, etc for my school’s bio and chem classes)
I work as a soccer referee
I tutor 7th graders in reading, writing, and speech

Awards:
Principals Honor Roll
President’s volunteer service award (gold - 100hrs in a year)

I’ve also been trying to design a science experiment for a competition (I did horrible last year) so I actually talked about that. I explained the gene i researched and talked about how I worked with my mentor (the lab coordinator) to develop experiments for it. I had the best experience with it and it was decently fun.

anyways, I’m a little skeptical about whether or not I’ll even have a chance because my gpa is low and especially because my chem grade last semester was a B

Has anyone been accepted yet? If you have - can you let me know - how many days after the interview are decisions being released?

Has anyone received a confirmation email around 2.17 got interview request. What’s the usual time for interview request if any lol. I’m a bit worried.

It really shouldn’t matter.

Looks like they sent out a new batch of interview invitation last night.

Hey Steven have you heard back from your interview

Waitlisted :smiling_face_with_tear:

That’s not the end! Last year there were many who got taken off waitlists, so keep your hopes high

If you don’t mind me asking, when was your interview

just got admitted today! yay!

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congratulations!!! When was your interview?

Thank you! my interview was a little over a week ago

Congratulations! May I ask when do you need to accept and pay the deposit?