<p>Yes, ELC is an admissions guarantee. This year five UC campuses offer guaranteed admissions to California students identified as ELC: UCI, UCD, UCSB, UCR, and UCM. It is only offered to California resident students, so perhaps the OP was unsure if he would be considered in-state at the time of application.</p>
<p>At this time, ELC guarantees **all **ELC campuses to which an ELC student applies - if they apply at all five, they will be accepted at all five. There is some discussion of limiting it to just one campus in the future (as the statewide guarantees are), but no official action on that as yet. Many applicants do not fully understand the ELC guarantee, so they apply to several of the guaranteed campuses - a bit of a waste of application fees. If they know which of the guaranteed campuses they would prefer it makes sense to apply only to that campus and any non-guaranteed campus they would chose over the guaranteed campus.</p>
<p>Sorry, I was quite inconsistent in what I’m typing. I might not go to the guaranteed UC schools because of finance and because of parents. That’s why I’m trying to find some scholarships.</p>
<p>Since the UC’s consider you in-state for tuition, do they consider you in-state for some financial aid (that’s not restricted to citizens and green card students only)? Do you know if your family income is more than $70k per year?</p>
<p>Anyone know?</p>
<p>Do you know what your family’s EFC would likely be? Or is it impossible for you to really determine an EFC for a UC school? I’m confused as to whether you can do a FAFSA or not? Do your parents have social security numbers. (I have no idea know how the whole diplomatic stuff works). </p>
<p>That said. With your SAT scores, there really aren’t any scholarships for privates or OOS publics that will bring your costs down to below in-state UCs. You might find a $10k scholarship or grant from a school that costs $50k to attend. What good would that do you?</p>
<p>You seem to be in the same position many citizens find themselves in. They can’t afford the full COA of their in-state publics, but they don’t qualify for FA or merit scholarships from elsewhere. </p>
<p>Do you live close enough to an ELC UC school to commute?</p>