<p>So, when do we find out which UC's are participating in this "guaranteed admission" program? I cannot find it on their website.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure all except UCLA and Berkeley participate in ELC. If you look at the freshman admissions profiles, you'll see that all except those two have ELC admit rates about 90% or higher. UCLA's and Berkeley's are in the 50s, I think. I'd also heard that an adcom from Berkeley said that they don't really look at ELC -- they can tell by the strength of the GPA/classes whether they're ELC.</p>
<p>Are we notified in September of our acceptance?</p>
<p>No, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure you're notified when everyone else is.</p>
<p>I think we get it late fall. I'm not sure though... ? Ofcourse, they let all ELC people know around the same time. Do they post any of this information up somewhere? I couldn't find it on the website.</p>
<p>UCLA and Cal will never be the ELC "guarantee" schools. Kyle is correct in that ELC status is of almost no value in the Cal and UCLA reviews -- the transcripts already show excellent grades.</p>
<p>The UCs do not announce the "guarantee campuses". But, you can call or e-mail the UCOP and they will let you know. </p>
<p>For last year's Frosh, the three guarantee schools were Santa Barbara, Riverside and Merced. UCI also accepts 99% of ELC students, but does so thru its holistic review process -- they just give ELC students a huge bump. UCSD and Davis also give bonus points in their app process to ELC students.</p>
<p>ELC status notification letters are mailed out in late August thru early September, on a rolling basis. The timing is based on when your HS submitted all the transcripts for review -- FIFO.</p>
<p>Here's a link to their website for more information:
<a href="http://www.ucop.edu/sas/elc/requirementsinfo.html#faq%5B/url%5D">http://www.ucop.edu/sas/elc/requirementsinfo.html#faq</a></p>
<p>Has anyone you know of received ELC notification yet?
I'm worried I won't get it for some reason xD</p>
<p>Relax. :)
My D got hers in late Sept/early October.</p>
<p>@ aquamarinee</p>
<p>One of my friends seems to have gotten his ELC notification already. It appears that he's in at UC Riverside.</p>
<p>Aaah. I hope I got ELC atleast somewhere. It's nice to have a safety already.
I hope UCSD has ELC this year... they're the best one that offers it.</p>
<p>"the best one that offers it"? All of them offer it. ELC is system-wide, not campus-specific.</p>
<p>^ </p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/askuc/answers/localelibility.html#2%5B/url%5D">http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/askuc/answers/localelibility.html#2</a>, UCLA and Cal, along with UCSD do not offer it this year.</p>
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Which UC campuses guarantee admission to ELC students?</p>
<p>For fall 2007, UC Davis, UC Irvine (except Dance and Music majors and applicants to the schools of Engineeering and Information and Computer Science), UC Merced, UC Riverside and UC Santa Barbara will guarantee admission to ELC students provided applicants satisfactorily complete their remaining high school requirements. For a description of ELC evaluation criteria and guarantees for each UC campus, see UC Campus Policies and Procedures for Evaluating Frshman Applicants.
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<p>While they don't "officially" guarantee it, I think it's safe to say that all UCs except Berkeley and UCLA aren't difficult to get into if you're ELC. A 90% chance is considered a safety; UCSD has about a 90% acceptance rate for ELC students. Hell, UCSC isn't even one of the "official" ELC guarantees but its acceptance rate for ELC students is higher (99%) than UC Riverside's (95%), an ELC guarantee school.</p>
<p>Aw. Darn. UCSD isn't offering ELC this year... =[
Hopefully I'll atleast get into my safeties. 90% sounds pretty good.</p>
<p>It really doesn't matter whether it's "offering" it. If you're ELC, you can consider UCSD a safety (90% likelihood seems like a safety to me). Are you an ELC student?</p>
<p>Again, I wish to clarify.</p>
<p>ELC is not an "offer" per se. It is a narrow eligibility index, automatically qualifying the student for admission to one campus, If that's what you mean by "offering it," and you've learned that UCSD is not that "guaranteed" campus this year, all it means is that you still have a higher likelihood than the general applicant pool to admission to your first choice of campus, <em>including</em> UCSD, if that's your fave. </p>
<p>Other than that, particular campuses don't opt out of the ELC process. ELC is system-wide for U.C.</p>
<p>My comments are intended for the students who may be confused. I know that kyledavid gets it.</p>
<p>I am an ELC student, according to my counselors, but it has not been confirmed by any letter yet.</p>
<p>UCSD isn't really my "fave" I guess. I just like being guaranteed a safety, so 90% sounds pretty good to me. </p>
<p>I'm probably EDing Northwestern though :)</p>
<p>Since your counselors know, I'm guessing that you'll get the official letter soon, at your home.</p>