<p>How does ELC affect your admission? When my counselor explained it to me, she only said that it was a guarantee to at least one school. But my friends keep telling me that it increases your chances in the better UCs.</p>
<p>So I am rank 13/466, which is in the top 4%, but I didn't get my ELC form signed by my parents because I wasn't aware of its significance. I didn't think I really needed a guarantee into one of the worse UCs.</p>
<p>I was wondering if ELC would really improve my chances of getting into UC Berkeley. If it does, then is there a way to re-apply for ELC at this time? The ELC forms were due last year around April, but can I still get into ELC?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Berkeley doesn't really consider ELC -- as one adcom stated, they can see how well you do just by looking at the rigor of your course load and your GPA. ELC has more or less no effect, though obviously those with ELC status tend to be the stronger applicants and thus will have a higher acceptance rate.</p>
<p>I don't think you can "apply" to ELC anymore. The forms were due by June. You shouldn't have to worry, though.</p>
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<p>From the ELC website
"ELC and Statewide Eligibility and Admissions</p>
<p>Eligibility in the Statewide Context and Eligibility in the Local Context are the two main paths to freshman eligibility. California high school students who attain eligibility in the statewide context or eligibility in the local context are both guaranteed a space at the University of California, though not necessarily the campus or major of choice. ELC and statewide eligibility provide the same guarantee.</p>
<p>Eligibility in the Statewide Context (statewide eligibility) is the pathway by which most students attain UC eligibility and is determined when a student applies to the University. To be eligible in the statewide context, students must have a high school diploma or equivalency, and satisfy certain subject, scholarship and examination requirements. To be statewide eligible, students must satisfactorily complete a specific pattern of 15 UC-approved courses .....</p>
<p>Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) is determined during the summer between the junior and senior years of high school. ....To be eligible in the local context, a student must attend an eligible school that participates in the program, have his or her transcript submitted to UC with the high school's ELC submission packet, satisfactorily complete a specific pattern of 11 UC-approved courses by the end of the junior year and be ranked in the top percent of his or her high school class ...
The way I (choose) to interpret this is that ELC is one of three equal paths to guarenteed admission at a UC. </p>
<p>"ELC and statewide eligibility provide the same guarantee."</p>
<p>It's designed for kids whose resources don't get them there in the statewide context. People who are even close to the are pretty good students in all but the "worst" schools. I think the admit rates are "associated" with the student caliber and not caused by the ELC status.</p>
<p>One of my friends told me that 98.9% of ELC students are admitted to UC Davis, which is like a pretty good chance of acceptance. Is it true that it was the ELC title that gave these students the better chances of getting in?</p>
<p>it is probably more of a self slectivty thing. if you are the top 4% you probably are doing enough to get into davis</p>