CSULB Waitlist

Hey, I don’t know if anyone can help me with this but I got waitlisted for Long Beach and I was wondering if anyone knew around when we’d start finding out about the waitlist. In the email I got it said it can take up to June, so I’m not sure if I’ll find out in June or if by the latest I’ll know in June. Thank you!

What major did you choose? Long beach is the third most selective CSU, most likely you were waitlisted because your major is competitive.
I got a similar email, except they told me ill know in late march.

@billybill1234 I’m an accounting major and I don’t think it’s impacted. I hope I can find out by late March since most schools want your deposit by the first of May.

If you do not find out by May 1 and CSULB is your top choice, you need to SIR to another school until you hear from Long Beach. If not, then move on.

The whole campus is impacted - some majors worse than others. Accounting is competitive.

To echo @gumbymom, it is not a good idea to fixate on CSULB at this stage. Keep your other options open. The best housing goes very quickly at most campuses. Many campuses begin taking deposits next month.

My son was wait-listed a couple of years ago, we told the he was interested but, stopped looking at the portal as housing deposits were being taken at other campuses. I don;t know if he was admitted or not. One thing that concerned us was, they had begun taking housing deposits from admitted freshmen and, it seemed the on-campus dorms would fill up before we had a chance to act.

We had to commit to a school we knew he’d get a seat and a bed.

He is now a sophomore at Chico and loves it. He’s probably have gone to Chico even if CSULB accepted him on the first pass. It is a more comfortable size campus and a great college town.

Good luck.