For UCB and UCLA, how important is ELC for local path? I’m prob top 10-12% of my class (my school doesn’t rank nor decile). I have a 4.08 UC GPA and 35 ACT. While I understand that other factors play into admission, will not qualifying for ELC (top 9% in my class) hurt my chances?
Chance for what? Different schools value different things. Some students not in the top 9% have done amazing things or have high schools that easily compensate for being below the top 9%. You have great scores and depending on your ECs, are probably very competitive for some great schools.
Not being ELC will not be a huge deciding factor as @lostaccount pointed out in the above post. You may not be ELC eligible at your HS but you may by the statewide path. You are still a competitive applicant
@lostaccount @Gumbymom Thanks! As for my highschool, about 100 kids apply to UCB and about 20 kids get in per year. I checked my school’s naviance and the scattergram shows that everyone that scored a 35 from my school (between 2011-2016) have been admitted to UCB with the lowest GPA out of all 35’ers being 4.20 uncappe weighted (while I have a 4.25, so it’s close). However, for people who scored around in the 2300s (equivalent to a 35), it looks like about half of the students get in and half of the other students don’t within that range. I know that this may sound silly, but does the fact that all 35’ers from my school have been accepted mean that I have a very good chance of acceptance (obviously this is based on my school only so I’d figured I mention it)?
UCB admission selectivity varies by division (and major within the College of Engineering). Most applicants and admits are for the College of Letters and Science (where all admits enter undeclared), but if you are applying to a different division, a Naviance plot based mostly on College of Letters and Science applicants may be misleading for you (in particular, many majors in the College of Engineering are among the most selective).
@ucbalumnus Oh, right, good point. Luckily, I’m applying to CLS.