Does getting into “UC/ELC” practially guarantee a spot at least a UC school? Or what is it exactly?
<p>yea. but its kinda random. It is never UCLA, UCB, UCSD. It is usually UC Irvine and below.</p>
<p>according to the UCOP website, last year the guarantee schools were SB (hard to believe) and Merced. Irvine has accepted all elc applicants in prior years under its comprehensive review program.</p>
<p>I cannot find the a page showing the 'guarantee' schools for this year....</p>
<p>Basically, ELC gives an advantage to students who are the top 4% of their high school class that desires to attend a UC. It is based off of the UC GPA at the end of your junior year - you will need to give the school permission to send your grades to UC to be calculated and qualified for this program. It guarantees you admission to a UC school, though not necessarily your choice and usually the lesser campuses.</p>
<p>In past yeras, as bluebayou has alluded to, Davis and Irvine have accepted 99.9% of their ELC applicants, Santa Barbara, Riverside, and Santa Cruz and now Merced will accept 100% of these applicants. For the top UC's, I believe San Diego accepted 88% (? not sure, but lowest possible percentage is around 80%) of ELC, while Los Angeles and Berkeley accepted 50% and 45%, respectively- which is about two times better than the regular admissions rate. So to answer the question- yes, it not only guarantees you a spot at "one" of the UC's in theory, but it all entails acceptances at several others as well. Best of luck,</p>
<p>TTG</p>
<p>At my D's h.s., she never had to grant "permission" for them to send her scores to U.C. In fact, we were surprised when she rec'd the ELC letter from U.C. The "blind" admits this yr. were (for her, anyway -- perhaps for all): Davis, Irvine, Riverside. (Did not apply to them, received notices of admission anyway.)</p>
<p>A U.C. adjusted GPA of 4.2 would have guaranteed Berkeley admission, we were told. She had a GPA above that, but did have to apply for the admission to Berkeley that she did receive (as well as Regents/Chancellors').</p>
<p>Not all high schools in CA are ELC-eligible.</p>
<p>French:</p>
<p>even tho your public HS dis not request your permission to send transcripts (that you know of), the high school comitted a big no-no. Federal and state privacy laws preclude dissemination of such info.....it's posted on UC's website. Perhaps your GC ought to check it out. Unless your D was first gen to go to college, lower income, or attending a poor peforming schools (all which would be big tips at any UC), there are no guarantees to Berekely; suburban kids also need a high score on writing ~700.</p>
<p>UC: Berkeley accepts a higher number of elc kids just bcos they are stronger apps, not bcos they are in top 4% of hs class.</p>
<p>bluebayou, I think you misread my reply. A 4.2 was indeed the guaranteed admissions standard for Berkeley <em>this</em> year; naturally there were <4.2 ELC's who applied & were accepted this yr, as well as 3.8 non-ELC's, etc. who were also accepted. One still had to apply, of course (unlike for Irvine, etc.), but it was a pro-forma app.</p>
<p>My D's high school is high-performing, private, & (overall) wealthy. The other few ELC students from her class are (unlike us!) wealthy. Only the grades of the top 4% from the sr. class were submitted; that's the procedure. Perhaps legally one "needs" permission; but none of the families would have objected to unsolicited admissions offers from UC schools, or to ELC notification, or to having other colleges view high grades. In our case, we were glad to have a really desirable Safety essentially mailed to us, given the 2+ years of research, effort, & angst spent on the entire admissions process.</p>
<p>would you guys give me some advice at my post "chances at uc schools out of state"</p>
<p>frenchbaroque~</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, and by no means is this a "show me some proof" sort of deal, but where did you hear the "4.2" number for Berkeley from? I've never heard of it and if it's true, I'll be walking down to the admissions office and slamming their windows for answers! =) </p>
<p>TTG</p>
<p>ttgiang, I PM'ed you, but probably misspelled your name. (Sorry!).</p>