<p>I read somewhere that if you are in the top 12.5% of your high school ranking, that you are automatically guaranteed onto a UC campus (as long as you take the required classes, SATs, SAT2s, etc). Just wondering if that is still true? Because I know there may have been some changes due to the budget cuts, is the top 12.5% admission rule still valid for this year’s incoming freshmen?</p>
<p>i heard that its valid… but it doesnt guarantee you onto the school you want to go to. it could mean your accepted to UC merced or riverside</p>
<p>don’t bother trying to figure out if you’re top 12.5%.</p>
<p>Follow the eligibility guidlines of 3.0/corresponding SAT score. If you meet those and other requirements (A-G, SAT II, etc) you’re in at at least one campus.</p>
<p>Effects the graduating class of 2012. [UC</a> Regents Adopt Changes to Freshman Eligibility](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/eligibilitychanges/]UC”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/eligibilitychanges/)</p>
<p>The top 12.5% is a statewide figure, not by HS.</p>
<p>bluebayou is correct, plus it is a bit vague as to how the ‘top’ is determined. By GPA? Only public schools? I suspect that in practice, as long as the UC population is at least as large as 12.5% of the total population of seniors in HS, they would declare victory since they apply selectivity factors and would assert that the competitive nature is picking from the top. </p>
<p>For a specific public HS, the only factor that assures some UC admission is ELC, top 4% as selected by your HS at some point in time. In fact, one could jump up into the top 4% through senior year grades but not gain a UC seat. All that counts is the time they select the students to report under the ELC program.</p>
<p>This is completely wrong. The program is called ELC. If you are in the top 4% of your high school, you are guaranteed admission to a select group of schools.</p>
<p>This year they are, SB, I, and R.</p>
<p>Remember, it’s only the top 4%.</p>
<p>But pretty guaranteed at D and SC as well. If you seen the booklet, ELC people have 95% acceptance at those 2 schools as well.</p>
<p>Yeah, forgot about those schools.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, I didn’t get a letter from merced.</p>
<p>BrianPH, you are wrong. If you meet minimum eligibility you are guaranteed acceptance into one UC (likely UCR/UCM, but still)</p>
<p>Guys/Gals:</p>
<p>There are THREE paths to UC admission eligibility. Fulfilling any one of the three will guarantee acceptance to a UC campus, (which might only be Merced). The three “paths” are:</p>
<p>Eligibility in the Local Context, i.e, ELC – top 4% of your HS class, as determined by UC (NOT your HS), based on Soph & Jr grades, weighted, uncapped.</p>
<p>Eligibility in the Statewide Context, i.e, “top 12.5%” of statewide HS graduates, which really means the minimum gpa+test scores (since UC does cannot rank all HS graduates). GPA is weighted, capped for this calculation.</p>
<p>Eligibility by Examination – you can become eligible for admission by tests alone, which is how many homeschoolers attend UC. If you are instate, you need to average 690+ on all five tests, and 710+ for OOS.</p>
<p>[University</a> of California - Admissions](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman.html)</p>
<p>Again, pass any of the three hurdles and UC WILL offer you a spot. (Note, however, with the budget cuts, the State may shrink those paths going forward.)</p>