@Gumbymom Do you know of any statistics that break down acceptance between those kids who are flagged ELC and those that are not?
No, I am not aware of any statistical breakout based on ELC eligibility.
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So for ELC students in 2020 it seems they had a 38% shot at Berkeley and 29% shot at UCLA
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Thank you for finding some great data. I wish it would include 2021 admits also. Time to take over my job 
Ha ha…I might have a Golden retriever, but I am a poor substitute for your expertise and diligence on the UC admissions process.
I live and breathe data and other people at home are embarrassed at the amount of time I’ve spent this cycle on scouring the internet for admissions related data.
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Also, on average 80% of Berkeley and UCLA admits are ELC students. No surprise given the correlation between ELC and GPA, and the fact that ELC and GPA make up 2 of the 13 review factors.
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OOS students aren’t categorized by ELC, right? I’m wondering if they account for the majority of the 20%.
Yes, I think you are right. OOS is a separate pool and ELC won’t matter within that pool but yeah I would expect high-stat OOS to make up the rest of the admit pool.
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What does ELC stand for? TIA!
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Same question 
Eligibility in the Local Context
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I second that.
And thanks for explaining “ELC” to us OOStaters 
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Confused about this 9% ELC – my son was told by UC (it’s on his portal, and he received a congrats from UC) that he’s top 9% statewide, but I’ve read here that due to not including other testing, statewide isn’t a thing? So does he still have top 9% status to the UC’s he’s applied to? And, guaranteed admission… somewhere.
Our high school doesn’t rank students so I though we wouldn’t be eligible for ELC. Turns out on the UC application, it says whether or not the applicant is ELC eligible. I learn something new on this forum everyday. Best of luck to all today!
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There are two types of guarantees - Statewide and Local.
Our school doesn’t rank either. At some point in my children’s junior (or early senior) year, we were told that there was a chance that they would be in the top 9% at our HS. The HS asked for our consent to share information with the UCs if they qualified.
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I know I read that they are still using that denomination, and using other data points to figure it out, I think it was college level courses, number of a-g. courses, etc? Sorry not to remember exactly how it was done. I hope someone more knowledgeable can help.
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Yeah, they definitely keep track of that for ELC purposes. Rank is just not shared with students. In 11th grade, the school would have asked you the parent to sign a waiver to release your child’s data to the UCs. In the application itself you can see if the applicant qualified as ELC.
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Yeah, exactly. The school never asked about sharing data but on the UC application, it says she is top 9% like you mentioned. Most parents probably aren’t aware that they can look on the application to check this.
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