<p>Is this true?</p>
<p>At UCLA or Berkeley? I don't think so.</p>
<p>I heard it's true for UCI.</p>
<p>its not true for any school. elc only means like top 10 or 12% of your class. that means u have a high gpa, which means ur chance of getting accepted to a uc will go up. regents/chancellors or any other scholarship not only looks at gpa, but also looks at sat/act. so even if u have a 4.5 but only like a 1800, u might get into berkeley/ucla, but u probably won't get a regents to say, uc irvine or davis. every single person i know who got a scholarship to a uc had at least a 2000.</p>
<p>ELC is top 4%. QOT is 12.5%, if I recall correctly.</p>
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elc only means like top 10 or 12% of your class.
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<p>Top 4%.</p>
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that means u have a high gpa, which means ur chance of getting accepted to a uc will go up.
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<p>No, that means you're better than most of your peers. You could have a 3.2 and still be in the top 4% (and supposedly, the guarantee for the top 4% was to help out those who are at "bad" high schools where the highest GPA is a 3.3, etc.).</p>
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so even if u have a 4.5 but only like a 1800, u might get into berkeley/ucla
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<p>It's slightly more likely that you wouldn't. (Berkeley and UCLA emphasize GPA over SAT, but the SAT is still considered "important.")</p>
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every single person i know who got a scholarship to a uc had at least a 2000.
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<p>But that doesn't mean all.</p>
<p>To be honest, I think you could still get regents with an 1800. The selection of regents seems to be much more essay- and accomplishment-based than stats-based.</p>
<p>For UCLA, GPA and SAT are equally important. They are both in the "very important "category. UCB is different from ULCA.</p>
<p>Another thing to remember is that ELC is the top 4% of students in the graduating class at that high school. The Regents Scholarship will be looking top percentage of all applicants to the campus and at UC Davis the Regents Scholarship will be looking at the overall application compared to only the courses and GPA like the ELC process.</p>
<p>Since the regents scholarship is considering all applicants with different criteria and information considered it is very possible for an ELC qualified applicant to not receive a Regent Scholarship.</p>
<p>^^ Is ELC a requirement to be considered for Regents at any campus?</p>
<p>^^re: explaining my question above
ELC is designed to help students in those 'bad' high schools, as mentioned above; but if it is a qualifier for Regents, then those students at overachieving super-competitive high schools are at a disadvantage. There are so many kids at the top, you can be a great candidate, but not eligible for ELC, and therefore not be tapped as a candidate.
So, ELC = Regent's candidacy??</p>
<p>D received UCI Regents today. She is not an ELC. She went to a super competitive high school. High SAT scores and solid UC GPA.</p>
<p>A regent scholarship can, and will be, offered to students where were not selected as ELC.</p>