UC Santa Barbara Class of 2026 Waitlist/Appeal Discussion

So 5/9 or 5/10 will be the next wave, although is it possible they release more throughout this week as more of a “trickle” than said wave? @Gumbymom

Last year, there was around 11 days between the 1st group of admitted waitlist students and then next group accepted. There is no way to predict since UCSB does not disclose how many offers were made today, how many will accept and how many spots will be available in the next round.

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Son accepted off waitlist
Pre-Biospychology major
In-State
Deadline to commit is 5/9

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are they gonna continue roll out waitlist today?

The million dollar question??? Only admissions knows for sure.

It seems like a small batch was just sent out at 3:25 today so I am guessing that’s it for today but who knows.

I’m in state.

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Son got acceptance off waitlist- in state, undeclared L&S

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Just now - or the email went out earlier?

yes just now or earlier today?

I just told him to check his email- probably sent by ucsb earlier this afternoon.

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My daughter got in off waitlist today. In state.

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My daughter got in off waitlist. In-state, psycology.

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Son accepted off waitlist today. College of Letters & Science. In-state. He has a week to decide

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hi., did he also got accepted yesterday afternoon at around 3?

Waitlists seem to be rather slow this year

I had hope because I heard UCSB were conservative with their admissions but looks like WL acceptances will be pretty modest this year.

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I’m not sure. I would think that it would take them some time to go through the SIRs, right?

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Just got off the waitlist.

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Right now?