<p>Many people here think that the ELC program uses an 8-semester capped GPA calculation. However, according to the UC website on ELC admissions:</p>
<p>The ELC program awards a bonus point for UC-certified honors courses. UC-approved honors courses are marked with a yellow star on the high school's Doorways course list. All honors courses are used in calculating the GPA (in other words, the ELC program uses a weighted, uncapped GPA).</p>
<p>All Advanced Placement (AP) courses are considered UC-approved honors courses whether or not they appear on the Doorways course list. Community college courses (with the exception of high schoollevel English, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, and Trigonometry) are considered UC honors courses if they are on the ASSIST course list for the community college.</p>
<p>I got so worried that I wouldn't be in ELC even after my parents signed the form...since I took a sh1tload of honors/AP classes but got a lot of Bs...just clearing this up for anyone else that is in what i was in.</p>
<p>I'll add another. The ELC program guarantees admission to ONE UC, not necessarily the one of your choice.</p>
<p>Ok but do you know the answer to my question? Does anyone?</p>
<p>ebeeeee, for 2008 admissions, ELC students were guaranteed admission at FIVE specific campuses - the student could choose apply to one or all and be guaranteed admission at all they applied to. From the UC website:</p>
<p>Quote:
"Which UC campuses guarantee admission to ELC students?</p>
<p>For fall 2008, UC Davis, UC Irvine (except Dance and Music majors
and applicants to the schools of Engineering 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 Freshman Applicants." University</a> of California - Counselors</p>
<p>The type of eligiblity you are thinking of is "Statewide Eligibility," which guarantees admission to one UC, but not necessarily the one the student chooses.</p>
<p>If you're an ELC student, you're more or less guaranteed at any UC except Berkeley and UCLA. UCSC and UCSD are not guarantee campuses, but they might as well be. (Last year, UCSD sent out letters that suggested that ELC students would be accepted, but not that they would definitely be accepted.)</p>