2024-2025 Riordan Scholars Program Application

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Thank you for your interest in the Riordan Scholars Program for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Please fill out the following application to the best of your ability and make sure that all of your information is correct before continuing. At the end of the application, you will have the opportunity to review your information before submission and/or save your information as you go. Your online application is not considered complete until you have finished all sections. 

The following is a checklist of what needs to be submitted with your application:

  1. Applicant Background
  2. Academic Information
  3. Parent Information and Background
  4. Activities and Work Experience
  5. 2 Required Essays (400-600 words); 1 Optional Essay
    1. Prompt #1: The Riordan Scholars Program seeks applicants with a range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences. Describe your personal background, the qualities and accomplishments you would bring to the Riordan Scholars Program.

    2. Prompt #2: Why are you interested in spending eight Saturdays as a participant in the Riordan Scholars Program? How does the Riordan Scholars Program fit within your future education and career goals?
  6. A High School Unofficial Transcripts (Community College Unofficial transcript can be uploaded too -- if applicable)
  7. Riordan Scholar College & Mentee Profile
  8. 1 Academic or Community Reference Contact      
    • Academic Reference Contact: Can be a teacher or counselor who can assess your academic work.
    • Community Reference Contact: Can be an employer, coach, community official or minister (not a relative or family friend) who can comment on your personal attributes and involvement in the community.    

The Riordan Scholars Program is an academic-year commitment (September 2024-May 2025) that consists of monthly Saturday sessions at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Each session will tentatively begin at 8:30AM and will end at 4:15PM. If you foresee an issue with attendance, please take this into consideration before moving forward with your application. 


Below are the tentative session dates:

            2024 - 2025 Session Dates            

Orientation - September 21, 2024

Session #1 - October 19, 2024

Session #2 - November 16, 2024

Session #3 - December 14, 2024

Session #4 - January 18, 2025

Session #5 - February 15, 2025

Session #6 - March 22, 2025

Session #7 - April 19, 2025

Session #8 - May 2025


2024 - 2025 SAT Prep Session Dates will are to be determined*

SAT Prep is mandatory for 10th and 11th grade students.

Dates are to be determined.


Applications are due by 11:59 PM (PST) on Friday, June 21, 2024.


*All applicants will be notified of admission standing by Wednesday, July 31, 2024*

Personal Information










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Mailing Address




Additional Information






High School Information
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Academic Information



























Family Information



Parent/Guardian #1 Contact Information
Fill out fields only where applicable.








If parent/guardian is self-employed, input self under employer. To the best of your ability, input the role that describes your self-employed parent. [i.e. food vendor, freelance, caregiver, etc.]



Parent/Guardian #2 Information
Fill out fields only where applicable. 








If parent/guardian is self-employed, input self under employer. To the best of your ability, input the role that describes your self-employed parent. [i.e. food vendor, freelance, caregiver, etc.]



Household Information

Sibling Information
How many? Ages
Brothers
Sisters




 

Activities and Employment
List up to 10 school and community activities that are most important to you, listing any leadership roles first.
Activities




Employment
If employed, list most recent position.




Personal Statements



Student Profile
Colleges
Please list any colleges/universities you are interested in.


Senior College Profile




Mentee Profile









Transcript

 

Please upload an unofficial copy of your most up-to- date high school transcript (16 MB size limit). If you have taken additional courses at a Community College and/or another university, please upload the transcript below under 'Additional Transcript'.



Reference

 While we do not require a letter of recommendation to be included with your application, all applicants are required to provide the name and contact information of one academic or community reference whom we may contact directly.

Please enter your reference's contact information.







Tentative Riordan Scholar Session Dates 

Please note that attendance is mandatory for all Scholar sessions. 

The tentative dates for the 2024-2025 year are as follows:

2024 - 2025 Session Dates            
Orientation - September 21, 2024
Session #1 - October 19, 2024
Session #2 - November 16, 2024
Session #3 - December 14, 2024
Session #4 - January 18, 2025
Session #5 - February 15, 2025
Session #6 - March 22, 2025
Session #7 - April 19, 2025
Session #8 - May 2025

2024 - 2025 SAT Prep Session Dates will are to be determined*
SAT Prep is mandatory for 10th and 11th grade students.

Dates are to be determined.






Your Riordan Scholars Program Application is almost complete.

In an effort to continually improve our online application, please answer the following questions.



Thank you for applying to The Riordan Scholars Program.

Please make sure your entries are correct before submitting your application

Decisions will be emailed to all applicants no later than Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Please do not contact The Riordan Programs office to inquire on the status of your application.
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