What is UC Regents?

Gumbymom
Thu, 05 Jul 2018 22:42:00 +0000

UC Regents Scholarships and amounts:
Amount: Awards vary by campus and are not transferable if you transfer to another UC campus.

UC Berkley $2,500

UC Davis $7,500

UC Irvine $2,500

UCLA $2,000

UC Merced $7,000

UC Riverside $10,000

UC San Diego $2,000

UC Santa Barbara $6,000

UC Santa Cruz $5,000
In addition, certain perks are provided to Regents recipients: priority registration, extended library privileges, honors dormitories, faculty mentorship, and others, dependent upon campus.
Number of Scholarships Awarded: Varies annually—students in the top 1-2% of the applicant pool are considered for the scholarship.
Eligible Students: Entering freshman or transfer student who demonstrate academic excellence (based upon GPA, standardized test scores, and other academic criteria). Must be a US Citizen, Permanent Resident or CA Dream Act Student. Students must be enrolled full time and maintain a 3.25 GPA in order to continue receiving the scholarship.

Regarding Honors programs: Each school has different criteria for their Honors programs. For some UC’s, you are automatically accepted into the program if you meet their criteria and for other’s you need to apply with a separate application.

Here is a link for UCI’s Campus wide Honors program but you can check school’s website for information: http://honors.uci.edu/chp/