Eligibility in the Local Context?

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<p>I got a note from my school explaining that I qualified for 'Eligibility in the Local Context', but I don't really understand what that means. So if I don't get in the schools I want to then I'll be able to fall back on UC Merced or Riverside, without being notified at first?</p>

<p>I also read that ELC students get letters from schools like Merced. Riverside, Irvine, Davis, and SB in the fall informing them that if they apply they will be guaranteed admission. How many of these schools actually send letters and has there been a pattern of which ones do so? I really want to go to either Davis or Santa Barbara, so guaranteed admission to either of these schools would save me a lot of time, money, and energy.</p>

<p>Basically, I'm really confused by what exactly ELC means and how everything works and I can't find a straight answer anywhere so a simple explanation of exactly what happens would be lovely. Thanks!</p>

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<p>This means that your high school grades, and the courses you have taken at the high school, have placed you into a category (top 9% of your HS) where you have met the entrance requirements to apply to a UC school. You are ELIGIBLE (meet the UC requirements to apply) in the LOCAL (your high school) CONTEXT (area).</p>

<p>It doesn’t mean that you are guaranteed admission to wherever you apply. It just means that if you apply to a UC school and don’t get in to that school, that you may be eligible for spot at another lesser impacted school (like Merced or Riverside)
<a href=“Graduate, Undergraduate and Equity Affairs | UCOP”>Graduate, Undergraduate and Equity Affairs | UCOP;

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<p>@aunt bea is correct that if you are denied admission at your preferred UC’s, you will be eligible at UC Merced. Several students posted this year that they were denied at UCR but were sent an email from UCM indicating that they would be accepted there even though that had not originally applied. There are no guaranteed admissions in the UC system and you still could be denied at UCM if you do not meet all the UC admission requirements but since you are already ELC eligible, that should not be a problem. You still have to send pay the $70 application fee for every UC you apply.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t mean you WON’T get into UCSB or Davis, just on your merits, but they aren’t a guarantee.</p>

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<p>UCR also has a guaranteed admission program if you have a 3.9 GPA (UC-weighted) and 1600 SAT or 23 ACT, and sign up during June 16-July 31, 2014.</p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.ucr.edu/whyucr/ourguarantee”>http://admissions.ucr.edu/whyucr/ourguarantee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;