<p>When are we supposed to be notified about our ELC status? When can ELC students begin applying?</p>
<p>Letters were printed on September 29th, and notification has been received in the mail beginning Monday of this week. Once PINs are received (in a separate letter), students can apply through this special ELC login. Remember that you can work on the application as soon as you register, but you have to wait until November 1 to submit.</p>
<p>ELC students cannot submit the application prior to November 1st?</p>
<p>how does ELC help?</p>
<p>No, applications are not accepted before November 1.</p>
<p>extremefob: "ELC stands for Eligibility in the Local Context and is one of three paths to freshman eligibility to the University of California, along with Eligibility in the Statewide Context and Eligibility by Examination Alone. Under ELC, the top 4 percent of students in each California high school class will be designated UC-eligible based on the coursework taken at the high school." (<a href="http://www.ucop.edu/sas/elc/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ucop.edu/sas/elc/</a>)</p>
<p>Last year, ELC students who applied to UC campuses were admitted by these percentages, according to the 2006-2007 UC viewbook (Merced not included):</p>
<p>Berkeley: 61.1%
Davis: 97.8%
Irvine: 95.2%
Los Angeles: 50.2%
Riverside: 92.0%
San Diego:88.7%
Santa Barbara: 97.2%
Santa Cruz: 98.5%</p>
<p>Some have opted to describe ELC as a free ticket of admission into all UCs expect Berkeley and UCLA, which is a generally sound statement statistically. In any case, ELC recipients are the types of students that, in terms of grades, will be favored by UC's admission formula. Those who are rejected from Berkeley and UCLA most likely have SAT scores well below those schools' averages.</p>
<p>i see. well the weird thing is that 52/787 kids from my high school are getting ELC, and im not, even though im ranked 19/787... so how i dont really see how this ELC thing makes any sense...</p>
<p>"notification has been received in the mail beginning Monday of this week."</p>
<p>So we should be expecting the letter within the next week?</p>
<p>Does ELC dramatically increase chances of getting into Berk or LA as opposed to just being in the top 10%?</p>
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"notification has been received in the mail beginning Monday of this week."</p>
<p>So we should be expecting the letter within the next week?
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<p>I got it Monday.</p>
<p>Am I screwed if I didn't get it yet?</p>
<p>I remember in highschool i received the letter for ELC to go to UCI. They do that for every other school except for LA and Cal?</p>
<p>I'm a little down...</p>
<p>Three of my friends received their ELC eligibility letters or whatever they are. I have yet to receive anything. Should I stop jumping to conclusions and just wait? :(</p>
<p>I didn't get it.</p>
<p>My life is over.</p>
<p>What is that smell?</p>
<p><em>sniffs</em></p>
<p>Is that sarcasm?</p>
<p><em>sniffs again</em></p>
<p>Looks like I need to take a shower </p>
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<p>Finally got my notification in the mail today.</p>
<p>Me too! </p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>do people in ELC get better chances at colleges like UCLA or UCB or UCSD? (i got a letter from uci... but if i could get into better schools.. i'm open to that)</p>
<p>You should take a look at the ELC admit rates for last year (since I only have the stats for the year before) - Cal and UCLA have the lowest ELC admit rates (63% and 53% respectively for fall '04), partially because of the fact that a large percentage of applicants most likely got ELC as well, so for those two, it would be unpredictable. UCSD gives you a 300 point boost if you make it into ELC.</p>
<p>ELC is one of three ways (other two are either by both gpa and test scores, or based solely on test scores) for you to qualify for at least one UC. ELC is based solely on ranks, so extremefob- if you didn't receive the letter but someone lower in ranking than you did, you should expect it soon or stop by your school office and ask why.</p>