Hi
Received a letter from UC admissions office that says “you have been identified as top student from your high school senior class and are invited to apply to UCs?
What exactly does it mean?
Did anybody receive like that? What is the criteria to be identified like that?
Does it add positively on college app?
Anybody has any suggestions?
Thanks for your time
The top 9% of your HS means you are ELC eligible. ELC eligible applicants are guaranteed an acceptance at a UC (UC Merced is the default campus) if you do not get into your choice UC. This also depends upon if UCM has space available. ELC is considered in the UC application review. Helpful but not a huge tip.
Criteria is below on the link.
https://www.ucop.edu/student-affairs/programs-and-initiatives/undergraduate-admissions/eligibility-local-context.html
@Eastcoast234 Congratulations! ELC is normally top 9% but if you go to the website on the card, it states that you are among the top 15% of your graduating class. You should have received an e-mail in addition to the card and more contact from various UCs this past week.
The card/website has a series of events that you can register to go to and hear about the UCs and what it means to be ELC.
Thank you Gumbymom for the explanation. But the letter didn’t talk about ELC or anything about top 9% or 10%. It just said “identified as top student”.
Thank you Ikg4answers for the reply. I didn’t receive any email. I received letter not card and it doesn’t contain any series of events or websites. Nowhere did it mention ELC.
Will check again more info.
Thanks
My D20 also got this “UC for You” letter and it just means that you are in the top 15% GPA at your high school. I would not read into it as it just validates your HS “ranking” and you can attend an optional UC event at the various UC campuses. It’s marketing material just like the 100’s of other pieces of mail you are receiving this time of year!
This^^^ when you stated a letter, I interpreted this as an ELC letter from your HS.
Thank you socaldad2002!
Thank you Gumbymom !
We received a postcard and follow up e-mail last week. USPS informed delivery shows a letter in an envelope arriving today.
Oh ok!
Thanks Ikg4answers
Note that ELC is not determined by the class rank assigned by your high school. It is determined by comparing your UC-recalculated GPA to a top 9% benchmark UC-recalculated GPA from a recent previous class from your high school. Some students may be within the top 9% by one measure but not the other.
Ok thank you @ ucbalumnus