If students have completed community college courses, will UC include these in the GPA calculation for ELC determination?
Yes, provided the courses were taken during grades 10 and 11 and are listed on the student’s high school transcript. For the first year of implementation, the University is unable to consider community college courses that are not recorded on the high school transcript. Transferable community college courses will be awarded an extra grade point in the GPA calculation, in keeping with current policy. How do schools obtain permission from parents to release student transcripts to the University? The University will be sending a letter to high school principals along with other detailed instructions regarding ELC implementation sometime in early December. The letter will address the need for parents to allow schools to submit transcripts to the University for ELC consideration. It will also include a template of a form schools could use to obtain the parental authorization and a letter addressed to “Dear Parent” explaining the ELC plan and the reasons authorization is required. If a stude
