<p>For my class (08') my rank is 96 out of 774. According to the ELC thing, you have to be top 12.5. Well I'm like 12.4. If I am in that thing, I never knew about it. Is the school supposed to say something?</p>
<p>Well what the UC's do is they take the top 12.5% of your high school graduating class to review the transcripts making sure that they don't miss anything. Then the top 4% that meet the requirements are selected for ELC. If you were part of that top 4%, you should have received a letter in early September with your username and pin.</p>
<p>Also, if you're in the top 12.5% and you aren't selected for ELC, you get a letter notifying that you might be eligible in the state context with a username and pin.</p>
<p>ELC doesn't mean that much. It just guarantees admission to the lower-tier UCs and such...</p>
<p>they look at ur UC gpa (meaning 10th and 11th grades) and see if ur in the top 4% of ur class
by now u shouldve gotten the letter and ur user name and pin</p>
<p>UC is designated for the top 12.5% of California. ELC (eligibility in the local context) is a path to admission given to those in the top 4% of their high schools. With that, they're guaranteed admission to at least one campus, though it isn't necessarily one of the "low-tier" UCs -- Santa Barbara, Davis, and I think Irvine too all guarantee it (not to mention Riverside and Merced). And even if they don't formally participate in it, all except Berkeley and UCLA have very high admit rates for ELC applicants -- 95+%. Even UCSD has about a 90% acceptance rate for ELC.</p>
<p>At the end of your junior year, UC requests to see students' transcripts and chooses the ELC students. In September, they're notified and sent an ID/pin for their customized application. UC schools also send out ELC-guarantee letters individually. This does not happen if you are not in California. If you didn't get it, though, don't worry -- your chances are significantly diminished at all.</p>
<p>I think it is more like 60% at UCB and UCLA</p>
<p>Yeah, somewhere between 50-60%, if I recall correctly (see the UC site for specifics).</p>