A local valedictorian I know got in nowhere they applied. Completely shut out. Ended up at UC Merced because of the UC ELC guarantee. Not everyone would agree with me, but at this point in time, yes, I would consider UC Merced undesirable. I wouldn’t spend 150k to have my kid go there. My son also qualifies as ELC, but we don’t really consider Merced a viable back up, so we made sure to apply to out of state schools as well in case things go south in March.
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