Any odd accepts/rejects?

Has anybody ever gotten any rejections/waitlists to a lower division UC and get accepted to a higher one? Honestly, just looking for some last hope after that rejection from UCSB and waitlisted to Davis and Santa Cruz.

(stats if anyone was wondering:1440 with 4.2 GPA, 3.8 UW)

my friend got waitlisted at UCSC with a 34 act and 4.6GPA