<p>I got invited to their chancellor's reception in Concord. Did anyone else get this and does anyone know what it means? It's on March 18th which is a weird date because Santa Cruz starts notifying people of acceptances/rejections on the 15th, so I'm thinking this might be their version of a likely letter but I really don't know. Any thoughts? Thanks!</p>
<p>oh and I'm ELC so I'm pretty much in there anyway but I'm still confused.</p>
<p>you are correct, it is an early acknowledgement/invitation. But, since you are ELC, it's automatic admission. You might even be in consideration for a Chancellor's scholarship.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>did you get one too? LOL</p>
<p>Did you get a link? I'm curious to see if I got it (I just moved so my address being correct is iffy)</p>
<p>congrats</p>
<p>what's ELC?</p>
<p>peindre, bluebayou is a parent. ;) (One of us who know a lot about the UC system.)</p>
<p>btw, what other UC's did you apply to?</p>
<p>etti,
ELC = Eligibility in the Local Context. (Stupid name) It means top 4% of your high school class, & includes the high schools in CA that participate in that selection process. A high school can choose not to; and also a high school not yet accredited is ineligible to participate in ELC.</p>
<p>At invitation by U.C., schools send lists of their top ~12.5% of seniors. U.C. then applies its own weighting based on a-g U.C. courses which each of those students has completed in sophomore & junior year, & decides who among those candidates is truly top 4% for those 2 yrs of work. The selection honors ties for the full 4%, no matter how many ties emerge.</p>
<p>(By weighting I mean of course weighting for Honors & AP's in the a-g category. There is a maximum on that for non-ELC students, but no maximum weighting for ELC students.)</p>
<p>I'm in the top 4% of my class which means that I'm guaranteed admittance at at least one UC campus, "though not necessarily your first choice". I applied to Santa Cruz and Berkeley because those are the only UCs I like. So I'm guaranteed SC I think, Berkeley's a flip of a coin so I have no idea about that one.</p>
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<p>Not necesarily. The past two years, the "guarantee schools" were Riverside, SB and Merced. But, Irvine and SC accept 99.9% of elc apps under their holistic review, so its extremely likely you are in.</p>
<p>Irvine is guaranteed as long as you didn't pick an impacted major.
But heck, if you're ELC and go to a respectable school, all the UC's are close to being guaranteed.</p>
<p>Yeah my school is a "California Distinguished School" or some BS like that (actually it is a really good school) so I think that aspect is covered.</p>
<p>Thanks you guys. I tried to register for it today because they were all like REGISTER ASAP OMGZZZZ SPACE IS LIMITED!!!!1!!!!one1!! and then the site said " registration form will be up soon". As my dad said, "Gotta love the UC system" :-D</p>
<p>oh yeah and do they even have Chancellor's scholarships at SC? I looked on their website and only found Regents. Berkeley has a Chancellor's scholarship though.</p>
<p>They should all have a Chancellor's Scholarship. Actually, Berkeley's the only one that doesn't really have it - they just tacked on the name to the Regents' one so officially there is a Chancellor's Scholarship, but it's rather cheap of them to stick the two together as a $1000 x 4 year scholarship when I could be picking up several times that at any of the other UCs.</p>
<p>Anyone knows if ELC is applied to Private Schools that don't rank, so it is not possible to know top 4%.</p>
<p>ELC is ranked by the UCs, not the high school.</p>
<p>I know that this does not have anything to do with UC Santa Cruz, but does anyone know an approximate date of when each UC gives notification of admission?</p>
<p>I thought it was always a day or two before April 1. (Trying to get the jump on the competition, hehe)</p>
<p>I received an invitation for the one in L.A. Since UCSC has been my first choice, I'm hoping it is a positive sign!</p>
<p>I got that "Chancellor invitation" in the mail today from UCSC... I take it that is a good sign?</p>
<p>my d got this too, for March 24 in
Costa Mesa, but can't rsvp because she never received a UCSC ID #.</p>
<p>so we emailed admissions to try to RSVP thru them, and to get this ID #.</p>
<p>does it tell you any more about the scholarship once you get into the RSVP page?</p>