<p>I don’t think Merced is doing this. This year it is guaranteeing admission to all UC eligible students who apply. There is still time to apply, but they received a healthy number of applicants for a new school, and are busy building additional housing to open Fall of 2007, and while housing is guaranteed first year, they are now growing so fast they are not guaranteeing second year, which is a shame, since the dorms they already have built that are occupied are the best dorms (actually, they are apartment like suites) of all the UC campuses I’ve visited.</p>