Question bout ELC/Ranking for RD

mdharmon08
Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:58:00 +0000

I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but you don’t technically meet the ELC requirements.
“The Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) program recognizes students’ individual accomplishments in light of the opportunities offered by their particular high schools. If you rank in the top 4 percent of students in your California high school’s graduating class as determined by UC, and your high school participates in the program, you can become UC-eligible through ELC.”

~I think that only applies to the California people. SO you can’t look at a guarantee to get into the UC system, but, some aren’t very hard to get into and you can probably make it into them (UCRiverside UCMerced UCSanta Cruz).

But UC’s don’t use recommendations largely due to the fact that the schools were made to serve California residents. So no counselors to vouch for you on the application. So you may have to say that you are in the top of your school (like in the awards/recognition part?) or just say that in the additional part of the application. I’m sorry to say that most UC’s just go by numbers so GPA is pretty important. But it never hurts to prove that your school is competitive and that you are in the top part of your class.

You should write that you meet all the standards of an ELC student besides the LOCAL part, then say something like…“I’m totally an ELC student :Eligible Local of Chicago”

…btw, there isn’t RD action for UC, they just take them all during the month of November for Fall attendance.

EDIT:…wait… are you talking about UC as in University of California? in the University of Chicago section? I’m talking about california if that helps. I don’t think that UofC has and ELC program.