I will graduate in june 2005, and i wish i would have i applied to berkeley for fall 2005 because I really discovered a big interest in business. would i still be able to use my ELC status for fall 2006, if i was ELC for class of 2005?
PS I did apply to UCLA for Business Econ, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t compare near to UCB Business program.
<p>would i be able to transfer if i go to ucla my first year than ucb for my sophmore year</p>
<p>I think you have a misconception of the ELC program. The ELC program as of last year no longer ensured your guaranteed acceptance into ANY UC due to budget cuts, and when it was first implemented, it only ensured acceptance into the lower tier UC's, not UCLA or UCB. ELC will still give you a boost on your application (only on high school level- no such thing as ELC when you're actually attending a UC), but the disclaimer letter last year clearly stated that you were no longer guaranteed acceptance. </p>
<p>Now transfer-wise, it is not impossible to transfer between UC's, but it is VERY difficult to do so without any strong reasons to do so (i.e. major offered at one UC but not at the one you're attending, which is not your case). That's because the transfer spots are reserved for the community college students rather than students who were fortunate enough to get into a UC to begin with (or for some reason couldn't attend a UC for however many years and had to resort to a CC).</p>
<p>Well I know that ELC doesn't guarantee me admissions into top UC's but how else would Berkeley or LA know you were top 10 percent in your class since if we look at berkeley and la's students probably 99 percent come from top 10 percent?</p>
<p>i assume because when are counselors send out top 10 during the summer before the senior year for elc consideration the uc's have a list. or am i wrong?</p>
<p>I don't think this has any connection with the question you asked originally (using ELC to guarantee you a transfer after 1 year of UCLA into UCB?) but what happens is the UCs ask the high schools for a list and the stats of the top 10% of their junior students at the end of their junior year and the UC then sends out ELC invitations to them when they're seniors. </p>
<p>Your chances of transfering again will be very difficult, because UCLA does offer a business-econ major and rarely do they just grant transfers on the basis of what you perceive as "prestige." Again these transfer spots are reserved more for the CC students.</p>
<p>ELC won't matter. You have the stats tp get into UCB or not. Of course a lot of acptees are ELC because acptees need to be top students. Keep in mind that you don't get to apply to the Haas business program until you're a junior. You'll have to do very well the first 2 years to be accepted. If you can get directly into an undergrad business major at Anderson (I don't know what this takes), it might be a good bet. Transfering will be next to impossible.</p>
<p>Anderson does not have an undergrad biz program...like the other posters said, transferring among UC's is extremely difficult. Moreover, ELC will not even be considered for transfer students, nor will your HS gpa or SAT scores. The only thing that counts is college grades and the essay.</p>
<p>Merced sent me a letter guaranteeing my acceptance if I should apply since I was ELC. In addition, in a meeting with an admission counselor from UCLA (with the rest of ELC) she said that UCSB and UCI would guarantee ELC students acceptance.</p>
<p>I forgot about the opening of Merced this year. They must have reinstated their guaranteed admission for the UCs again this year then because of all those spots, because they sent out a second letter last year for ELC students.</p>
<p>According to UC's web page, Merced and UCSB are the guaranteed options for all ELC THIS YEAR. Until now, UCI has accepted all ELC's who have applied, however, but they are not guaranteed, just admitted under the comprehensive review process. But, the ELC admissions could change if the apps to the UC's continue ramp up in the next couple of years.</p>
<p>Well thanks anyways for the replies.</p>