<p>Buttafly:</p>
<p>“ELC students not admitted to any of their campus choices are offered a spot at a UC campus that has space, if minimum UC requirements are met.”</p>
<p>[Local</a> path (ELC) | UC Admissions](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/california-residents/local-path/]Local”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/california-residents/local-path/)</p>
<p>This seems to imply that whichever campus has space will admit you, even if you didn’t apply there. I realize that in practice, it may be only Merced at this point, since it’s apparently the only one that has space.</p>