Common data Set 2015-2016
http://opa.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/uc_berkeley_cds_2015-16_april.pdf
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 3,760
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 2,445
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 1,340
Was this released recently?
About 55% of the students that accepted were admitted.
Yeah, I just checked my source, and the 20% was for 2014-2015.
So the %s actually fluctuated quite a bit.
Does someone know if test scores matter at this point? Will they affect my admission decision?
@Rohitmohit Just a couple days after UC Berkeley’s decisions came out, the UCs (and specifically Berkeley) were under fire in the news for allegedly giving seats to OOS students over higher merit CA students. The CA govt had an auditor look into UC Admissions, and she published a report of the findings that seem to prove her right. So, this recent bad publicity MAY put CA students on the waitlist at an advantage this year; Berkeley MAY try to take the heat off themselves by admitting as many CA students they can off the list. Who knows. You’ll find a few articles floating around but here’s one: http://www.ktvu.com/news/114490219-story
Guys, you have to remember that this year UCs changed their admissions by agreeing to admit 5000 more instate students. Because they have admitted more students, the number of students getting off the waitlist may be much smaller.
@stillstressed Its out of state yield may be lower because of the new financial aid rules, though. So quite a few OOS students might get off the waiting list.
@CalDude2020 Will internationals come as OOS? Or internationals need to hope many internationals withdraw their offer only?
I really want to go to CAL DAY so much… I think it is so cruel for CAL to say that wailisted candidates can also go to CAL DAY… If I go there and fall in love with the place and everything… Can you imagine how horrible will be if I can’t go there?.. 
I really hate that CAL is string me along… Just dump me… I can’t take it anymore. 
@rosewood Thanks for the common data set ! I just always wonder how UC would judge “Character/personal qualities” … through a holistic process… Possibly Berkeley asked my ex about my character…
Can someone please tell me if sending the opt in thing early helps out? Like is it first come first serve?
Someone in the housing department told me this morning that each applicant is assigned a lottery number when they opt in. She didn’t say if it is random or first come first serve.
Called admissions later and they said there is not a lottery and that applications are reviewed again as a whole with the information from the opt in form included (grades, circumstances, etc.)
@Rohitmohit It is NOT first come, first serve. Copy and pasting from UC Admissions waitlist FAQs page -
Q: For students who were offered and accepted a space on a waitlist at one of the campuses, can they do anything to increase their chances of selection? Are students ranked?
"Whether or not a campus will offer admission to students on a waitlist depends on a number of factors, including the number of students initially offered admission who accept a space by May 1 (June 1 for transfers), and campus and department enrollment goals. There is nothing that a student should or can do other than opt-in to the waitlist by the stated deadline. Any additional information submitted that was not requested by the campus will not be considered.
The process for selecting students from the waitlist varies at each campus. A campus might have enrollment goals for a particular major, leading to the admission of students who applied to that program, but not others. Or a campus might admit broadly."
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/q-and-a/waitlist/index.html
@stillstressed UCB Admissions announced that they are now “more heavily rely on the waitlist” due to the yield rate surprising them in 2013 when Cal ended up with far more students enrolling than anticipated (over-enrollment). What I think “more heavily rely on the waitlist” means is UCB is granting LESS acceptances in March but MORE waitlist offers so they can better control enrollment by filling in the freshman “gap” after May 1st with waitlist students. That means UCB is relying on admissions from the waitlist to make their enrollment #s. That means more waitlist students will be granted admissions. Incoming 2014 Frosh had 20% acceptance off the waitlist, but Incoming 2015 Frosh enjoyed 55%! I’m betting acceptance off the waitlist will be same, if not higher, than last year’s 55%. There is much hope to be had, and I don’t think I’m being overly optimistic here. Good luck!
Does anyone know if EECS waitlists get sent to L&S instead? A friend told me that and I seemed kinda skeptical…Don’t think they would switch your major like that.
Does anybody know if stats play into getting off the waitlist at all? I think my stats are pretty good (4.6W, 4.0UW, 2350, 100+ volunteer hours, and won a fair number of CS competitions), but my counselor said that getting off the waitlist depends entirely on your demographics/major and if they need any more of that demographic in that specific major. As an asian male who applied EECS, I’m pretty sure they don’t need any more asian males…
If I submit grades am I more likely to get off the waitlist? Right now I have a C and I don’t know what to do about it.
@kornido Thanks for the info! Do you know when they announced this?
Does anyone know the waitlist acceptance rate from last year?
If the waitlist is approved will it be for a Fall admit or will some be a Spring admit?