2025-2026 Riordan Scholars Program Application

Thank you for your interest in the Riordan Scholars Program for the 2025-2026 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 (200-500 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 2025-May 2026) that consists of monthly Saturday sessions at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Each session will tentatively begin at 8:00AM 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:

2025 - 2026 Session Dates

Orientation - September 13, 2025

Session #1 - October 18, 2025

Session #2 - November 15, 2025

Session #3 - December 13, 2025

Session #4 - January 24, 2026

Session #5 - February 21, 2026

Session #6 - March 21, 2026

Session #7 - April 18, 2026

Session #8 - May 2026 (TBA)

2025 - 2026 SAT Prep Session Dates will be posted closer to the program dates

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 27, 2025.

*All applicants will be notified of admission standing by Wednesday, July 30, 2025*

High School Information

If high school is not listed, please select 'Other'

Name of high school

If Other, please specify:

Please choose the type of high school that is most closely associated with your high school.

If Other, please specify:

High School Address:

Street

City

State

Zip Code

Academic Information

Personal Academic Information

Expected year of graduation:

Grade level for the next academic year, 2025-2026

GPA (Unweighted) i.e: 3.76

Rank in class:

High School Academic Information

Name of School Counselor/Advisor:

School Counselor/Advisor Email

Class size:

Have you taken the PSAT at your High School?

YesNo

PSAT Scores

Math

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW)

College Admission Testing

Have you taken any of the following tests?

SATACTAP ExamsNone

SAT Scores

Math

Evidence-Based Reading & Writing (EBRW)

ACT Scores

English

Reading

Math

Science

Essay

AP Exam

AP Exam Score

Are you currently receiving SAT/ACT Test Prep?

YesNo

Family Information

Parents/Guardian marital status

Employment Status of Parent/Guardian #1

Employment Status of Parent/Guardian #2

Parent/Guardian #1 Contact Information

Fill out fields only where applicable.

First Name

Last Name

Address (Street, City, State, Zip)

Phone Number (###-###-####)

Alternate Phone Number (###-###-####)

Email

Employer

Occupation/Title

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.]

Place of Birth (State/Country)

Parent/Guardian #1 highest level of education?

Name of College

Parent/Guardian #2 Information

Fill out fields only where applicable.

First Name

Last Name

Address (Street, City, State, Zip)

Phone Number (###-###-####)

Alternate Phone Number (###-###-####)

Email

Employer

Occupation/Title

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.]

Place of Birth (State/Country)

Parent/Guardian #2 highest level of education?

Name of College

Household Information

I live with...

Sibling Information

	How many?	Ages
Brothers
Sisters

Do you have siblings currently in college?

YesNo

What college(s) do they go to?

Annual Household Income

Enter primary language spoken at home.

How many people, including yourself, are supported by your parent/guardian(s) income in your household?

Activities and Employment

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

Activities

Activity Name

Position Held

Grade Involved

9th Grade

10th Grade

11th Grade

Activity Description/Duties

Employment

If employed, list most recent position.

Company/Organization

Position Title

Dates of Employment

Hours Worked per Week

Personal Statements

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. (200-500 words)

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? (200-500 words)

(Optional) Is there anything you would like us to know about you or your academic record that you have not had the opportunity to describe elsewhere in this application? (If you feel your academic record/GPA does not accurately portray your full potential, please explain why here.)

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'.

Upload transcript

Additional transcript (if applicable)

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.

First Name

Last Name

School/Company

Title

Phone Number (###-###-####)

Email

How do you know your reference?

Tentative Riordan Scholar Session Dates

Please note that attendance is mandatory for all Scholar sessions.

The tentative dates for the 2025-2026 year are as follows:

2025 - 2026 Session Dates

Orientation - September 13, 2025

Session #1 - October 18, 2025

Session #2 - November 15, 2025

Session #3 - December 13, 2025

Session #4 - January 24, 2026

Session #5 - February 21, 2026

Session #6 - March 21, 2026

Session #7 - April 18, 2026

Session #8 - May 2026 (TBA)

2025 - 2026 SAT Prep Session Dates will be posted closer to the program dates

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

Dates are to be determined.

Will you be available for all of the above session dates?

If not, please indicate which session and why.

Riordan Scholars Referral

We would love to know how you found out about our program! Please let us know below!

If Other, please specify:

Name of Riordan Scholar(s) who referred you:

Was your sibling or another family member ever a participant in the Riordan Scholars Program?

YesNo

Please provide the first and last name of your sibling(s) or family member(s).

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

Did you find this application to be user-friendly?

YesNo

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 30, 2025.

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

AFTER CLICKING SUBMIT, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CLICK CONFIRM ON THE NEXT PAGE TO OFFICIALLY SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION.

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