<p>getting into uci, or any uc for that matter, just because you are elc and go to a small private high school with less than 60 ppl? elc probably counts like 65% towards this guys application.
He only took 4 ap/uc approved honors courses with like a 3.8~3.9 uc gpa and only scored a pitiful 1700-ish on the sats when there are TONS of people that go to big public schools that take like 7+ ap/honors courses with a 4.0+ uc gpa and score 2000+ on sats that get rejected.</p>
<p>that life bro, but i do admit its not fair… i had to work everyday i my family restrauant(30 hours), school, sports, clubs so people who got in because of elc is just ridiculous…</p>
<p>yeah just ****ed. this certain person im talking about got into SD the other day while i read posts about other people with better credentials getting rejected.</p>
<p>SAT scores aren’t everything. I personally hate standardized testing.</p>
<p>You have to also consider if his school is very competitive / how challenging his classes are. I went to a private high school and didn’t take that many AP courses, but I felt like our regular courses were up to par with AP courses at some other public schools. </p>
<p>I think UCs consider the context of where each kid goes to school, but there still is a possibility for things being unfair, or someone getting luckier than others that’s just the way things are.</p>
<p>no i go to that school and its quite the opposite. the aps=regular courses in hs. srsly he breezed through ap physics with his laptop open all the time and got a 1 on the exam. teacher was new tho.</p>
<p>Going to a small high school would actually make it significantly harder to get ELC. If there are 60 people in your senior class, then you’d have to be one of the top 2 people to get ELC.</p>
<p>ELC was actually created for students from really bad high schools who would otherwise have no chance of getting into the UC’s (despite being ranked highly in their graduating class).</p>