If you were wait-listed, post when you get accepted or denied admission along with your stats.
Wait-Listed
GPA: 3.8
SAT: 1230
Major: Undeclared - Engineering
Lot of WC’s
In the past, people have found out in mid to late April. When I accepted the wait-list offer, it said by early May and at the latest June.
Wait listed.
UC GPA: 3.13
SAT: 1480
ACT: 33
Major: Undeclared - Humanities
Decent EC. Submitted an appeal with a letter of rec and new info concerning my upward trend and reasons behind it
Daughter was waitlisted
UC GPA: 3.95
ACT: 26
Major: Psychology
Waiting to hear from UCSB, but my daughter is pessimistic since she got waitlisted to Santa Cruz and denied at both Davis & San Diego.
Waitlisted…
UC Gpa: 3.79
ACT: 28
Major: Computer Science
I don’t blame your daughter @katnatmom … I’m pretty pessimistic myself because I can’t believe this is happening.
Hi @icurryx3! Have you heard from other UC’s? My daughter isn’t holding out much hope after getting waitlisted at Santa Cruz and denied at both Davis & San Diego. Did you apply to Santa Barbara, UCLA, or Cal? SB is her first choice, but she’s pessimistic about getting in. Good luck to you and I’ll post on Tuesday regardless! Keeping my fingers crossed for all of you!
Does anyone know what happens if you are on the waitlist, send an appeal and it is denied? Do you remain on the waitlist or does the denial of the appeal remove you entirely from consideration? Just wondering whether there is risk in appealing just to show a slight uptick in grades on a relatively low GPA student and submit a great letter of recommendation, versus just staying on wait list and hoping odds are in our favor. (mom writing here, of course)
@katnatmom I was rejected by UCSD and waitlisted at Santa Cruz. I applied to UCLA, UCSB, and my first choice is UCI. I’m not sure what’s going to happen.
@icurryx3 Please keep me posted on the rest of your apps…sending good thoughts to you as you wait! When do you hear from Irvine?
@katnatmom Many people are saying tomorrow around 3PM… I’ll definitely keep you posted 
Daughter waitlisted – Undeclared Humanities:
In state
UC GPA 3.98
ACT 26
Great ECs and essays
Rejected at Davis and UCSD. Accepted at CalPoly SLO, SDSU, SFSU, Santa Clara, Loyola Marymount, University of San Diego, and Chapman.
Not feeling like there’s any shot for her at Irvine or SB at this point because of the UCSC decision…crazy and not at all what we were anticipating.
My understanding is that the appeal and waitlist processes are separate and not related to one another. But you can’t file an appeal unless you genuinely have incorrect/missing/new information that is very significant.
I guess question is, since what is significant can be subjective, do you risk their ire if you appeal and lose. I looked at 2016 thread, seems like you can lose appeal, stay on waitlist and then still get in (or not, but not because you appealed)
That is a good question and I just don’t know. Still in utter shock and finding our way through this.
My daughter was wait listed last year and she wrote an appeal. The appeal was denied but she did get accepted off the wait list. Her GPA was 4.04 and her ACT was 26 (marine biology). So, the appeal process does not affect the wait list process at all (however, I am actually convinced that the fact that she wrote an appeal might have helped her get off the wait list…but who knows).
Thank you so much for that information! That is what I think we will do. at the very least, it shows them you are a serious candidate who will accept if they take you.
Wait-listed
Political Science Major
Weighed GPA 3.9
ACT 28
Accepted: Cal Poly SOL, SD State
Denied:UC Davis, UC San Diego
My daughter has a UC GPA of 3.71 and was added to waitlist. Marine Bio major.
@icurryx3–Did you hear from UCSB? My daughter didn’t get in
Wait-listed
Engineering Major
Weighed GPA 4.0
ACT 25
Accepted: UC Davis, UC Irvine, Pepperdine
Denied: UC San Diego, UCSB
Praying I can get it…
Wait-listed
Biology Major
UC GPA: 3.4
ACT: 30
Good ECs and essays
Accepted: UCR, CSULB, SJSU
Denied: SDSU, UCSB, UCI, UCSD
Really hope they have a lot of extra spots like last year… (https://planning.ucsc.edu/irps/OFFICE/cds_2016-17.pdf)