Regents' and Chancellor's Scholarship

In early February, Joselen Contreras was driving on the I-15 when she received an email stating that her UC Berkeley application had been updated. She hastily opened her portal, discovering that not only had she been accepted to UC Berkeley, but she was also selected as a candidate for the Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship. She quickly pulled off the road to “scream and cry” in shock and excitement for the possibilities of this new opportunity. 

When Aryia Dattamajumdar, a campus junior and former Daily Californian staffer, received the news in her senior year of high school that she was accepted into UC Berkeley early with consideration for the Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship, she remembers screaming in excitement, hugging her family and wearing a Cal sweatshirt to school the next day. 

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After a concerted effort to increase diversity for the UC Berkeley 2020-21 incoming class, campus admitted its most ethnically diverse class in more than 30 years and has seen an increase in first-generation students from last year.

The University of California Office of the President reported Monday that the UC system received a record number of applicants in the 2015-16 application cycle.

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