@drewwlee going off of last year’s waitlist forum, the first acceptance was 5/1.
2 questions I’m confused about:
- Can I find out what the financial aid package for UCI would be if I get accepted off the waitlist?
- Also, if I get accepted through the waitlist, but get a better financial aid offer from another UC that I submitted my SIR to, can I decline UCI's offer and stick to the other UC?
@user_755746: If accepted off the waitlist, hopefully UCI will have your FA package ready so you can make an informed decision before accepting or declining.
The waitlist is not binding meaning you do not have to accept the offer for any reason including insufficient FA.
Thank you for the help, I appreciate it a lot.
anyone know when waitlist decisions came out last year and when we can expect decisions this year?
@ryshin going off of last year’s thread, they came out between 5/1 and 5/15. portal says anytime between April-June and today is the last day to opt in to the waitlist, so I wonder if they’ll send some tomorrow after waitlist is finalized bc some ppl may have declined their admission offer already.
Thank you!
Was the opt in deadline last year also April 15? Or was it later if they never got decisions in April and we may get decisions back April this year.
@joshdormaier I’m not sure, we’d probably have to ask someone who was on the waitlist last year. I’m shooting for the May release dates but since the portal says April-July, I wouldn’t be surprised if a few come out soon.
WHEN WILL THE WAITLIST DECISION COME OUT?? I’M SO STRESSED.
I imagine the admissions office is busy right now with transfer applicants. The last day for transfer applicant decisions is April 30. Although they stated that waitlist decisions would start coming out in April, we really don’t know if that will happen. If it does, it would likely be in the last week of April. I hate all this waiting for waitlists:(
Waitlist decisions last year came out around 5/24 so do not expect anything earlier than after May 1. If they start pulling off the waitlist list earlier, then great.
Please SIR to another school until you hear from UCI.
does anyone have any idea how this year’s waitlist acceptances/rejections will compare to others? i know uci has a history of not letting a lot of people in off the waitlist and I’m curious if anyone has any insight?
@ucsbbbbb: Even in a normal year, no one can predict how many students will be admitted off the waitlist until all accepted students make their decision by May 1. Unfortunately, unpredictability is part of being on the waitlist so make sure you SIR to another school until you hear from UCI.
Here is the 3 year trend:
2019:
Waitlist offers: 17,019
Waitlist opt-ins: 8,483
Waitlist admits: 1,496
2018:
of applicants waitlisted: 12622
of applicants opting in: 6428
of applicants admitted: 136
2017:
of applicants waitlisted: 9235
of applicants opting in: 5291
of applicants admitted: 526
Has anyone receive a financial aid package? My portal says “Your file is complete. We expect to have your financial aid award available shortly. You will receive notification from us once your award information is available.” Is this message showing for everyone on the waitlist?
Where does it say that? Is it just there when you log into your portal? Or is it under a link?
You can find it on the financial aid portal. Here’s the link, click “Log on to My Aid.” https://www.ofas.uci.edu/content/
anyone get off the UCI waitlist yet?
Yeah mine says the same thing
Nope not yet:/