Does taking college courses add to UC GPA for ELC Program?

Gumbymom
Wed, 02 Aug 2017 23:38:08 +0000

How ELC GPA is determined:
ELC status will be determined by the UC after students submit their applications. Using the self-reported academic record, the application system will check to see if an applicant’s weighted, uncapped GPA meets or exceeds the benchmark ELC GPA for his or her school and whether the student has completed the ELC course pattern: 1 year of history/social science, 2 years of English, 2 years of mathematics, 1 year of lab science, 1 year of language other than English and 4 college-prep electives.

How the UC determines schools’ historic GPAs:
Since the inception of the ELC program, participating schools have submitted transcripts for the top 15 percent beginning of their students, with parental permission. Using this information, the UC establishes a historic benchmark GPA representing the expected GPA for the top 9 percent of the students from each school.
-Schools are periodically requested to submit transcripts so that we can monitor — and reset, if necessary — their benchmark GPA. If a student is determined to be UC-eligible through ELC, the University will notify them at the beginning of their senior year.
-Students must then submit the University’s undergraduate application during the November filing period and complete remaining eligibility requirements to be considered fully eligible.
-Fully eligible ELC students are guaranteed a spot at one of UC’s undergraduate campuses, though not necessarily at their first-choice campus!

@preciouscanoe: Since the ELC Benchmark is determined based on your HS’s historical transcripts, if there are many students at your HS that take college courses that meet the a-g course requirements, then it is possible they could be used for the ranking. It all depends upon what information your HS is submitting to determine the GPA threshold.