The date that I got is May 17th but I accepted it last night since this was my #1 choice. I think the next wave can come right after 17th but there seems to be hard&fast rule applied so far. I was not expecting yesterday but May 15th…
Hello everyone, I’ve been stalking this forum and Reddit a lot, so based on what I’ve observed, here is everything that has been happening for the UCI Waitlist 2024:
On April 28th, UCI released their first waitlist wave, which contained physical science majors (such as physics), and specialty bio/chem majors (Public Health, Pharm Science, Nursing, etc.).
Then, over the next couple of weeks, UCI continued to release a small number of decisions for seemingly random majors: undeclared, business admin, aerospace. That is, until yesterday (5/12) when UCI released a large plethora of only Engineering majors (Chemical Engineering, Data Engineering, Computer Engineering).
With all of the questions I’ve seen asked, I think this is the summary of those:
- CS majors haven’t gotten off yet
- Major physical sciences (Strait Biology or Chemistry) haven’t gotten off yet
- Very few people have gotten off for social sciences
- Very few people have gotten off for any “Arts” majors
- Next to no one has heard from linguistics: English, Spanish, etc.
People have been speculating that there will be another wave of waitlist decisions soon, and most people should have a great hope! However, for those in CS, no one’s gotten into the program: the two people here that have gotten off are going into DATA SCIENCE and COMPUTER ENGINEERING.
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@BreadButter33 thank you! that was very informative. have you found anyone that has actually gotten off for social sciences? i haven’t been able to find anyone, which is why i still have hope that us social science school majors can get off 
Also, forgot to ask: did any of you who got in yesterday check whether you were able to view your financial aid award via the financial aid portal?
@BreadButter33 Someone’s gotten off for data science? Could you link me to the post/comment, please?
@BreadButter33 do you consider econ under social sciences? Because I have not heard about any econ majors getting off the waitlist.
@AmTand The school of social sciences includes things like: Philosophy, Economics, Psychology, History
@Realzye12 The person who got off for data science (friend of mine) applied under CS and had data science as their second choice major
No one got off for data science, data science and cs are apart of the ICS department at UCI which also didnt start their wl yet
Rip CS 
any hope for bio/education
If the ICS department didn’t release the waitlist admits yet, there’s still hope for CS! For sure the ICS department would at least pull one person from the waitlist…
Actually…I knew international applicants who were admitted off the waitlist at the school of social science (Econ, IS, sociology majors) on Feb 29, 2020.
Do you mean to say April 29?
No domestic student got off for social science major when the first wave came on April 28th. I just knew the first wave for international students was on 29th, and some were admitted to econ.
Does anyone know if any OOS students have gotten off the waitlist yet? I’m not sure if I saw any yet
What’s up with UCI?? My daughter gets offered admission after being on waiting lists for UCSB, UCSD, and NYU, but not UCI?
@rleerlee Unfortunately UCI is taking painfully slow to release waitlist decisions… A couple majors/schools have had literally 0 waitlist admits 
Does anyone know if CS majors have gotten off the waitlist yet?
No one from ICS is off yet.