Fantastic! Google “UC Berkeley and UCB” and learn something today, then. |
It No way you are from California. |
Former Californian here. It always been just Berkeley. I was wondering what UCB was! |
Yet another former Californian here. It was then called and still is Berkeley . UCB sounds like an airport abbreviation |
Yes. My kid had the interview and received the " Regents' scholarship " few years ago as an OOS VA student. Admissions director told me that only about 19 OOS/international students receive the scholarship each year after the early admission and the interview. My recollection is that about 250 in total receive the scholarship so about 9% for OOS/internationals. |
Not very many say noone, either. |
As a Californian, mixed feelings about OOS kids getting a Regents, but my guess is that most will stay in California permanently, so it’s a net gain for the state. |
OOS kids pay 3 times the tuitions and partially subsidize in-state students and OOS kid receiving one of these could have gone to any university in the country and chose to attend Berkeley so there is that as well. |
| how much is a Regents scholarship? |
| This scholarship was created to encourage those students who would have attended HYPSM to attend Berkeley instead by offering this scholarship, choice/guaranteed housing & selection, course registration ahead of all other students, interesting research opportunities, separate mentor (professor) etc. |
I think you’re missing the point. The UC system exists to provide a public benefit to Californians, not to maximize its own prestige. |
They have dozens of Cal States in addition to UCs for that. And for comparison purposes: Berkeley's overall OOS% is about 18-19%, Michigan's OOS% is about 40%, UVA's OOS% is about 34%. |
Great, glad to see California knows what its *public* institutions funded by California taxpayers are for. For producing educated Californians. |
Ok then. Stop complaining about OOS Regents scholarships. |
| Can we PLEASE get back to reports from California natives decrying the use of UCB?! |