UCLA 2014 Transfer Waitlist

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<p>I made this thread so that everyone on the UCLA waitlist could share information/resources with each other. I am on the waitlist for electrical engineering. UCLA states that the "waitlist is by invitation only and they only "offer a select group of qualified applicants the option of placing themselves on the waitlist."</p>

<p>Last year 34 students out of 430 applicants were accepted for my major. Out of those 34 students who where accepted only 12 students decided to enroll. That allowed for 22 people on the waitlist to get in. You can get this information for your specific major from their statistics. </p>

<p>Here are all of the UCLA 2013 transfer statistics:
<a href="http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm"&gt;http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The burning question that I have is, How many students do they invite to the waitlist? (I'm sure its different for each major.) Knowing this information will clarify the likelihood of getting admitted. What are your burning questions?, What are the neat resources/information that you have found?, or your thoughts on the waitlist?</p>

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<p>Wailist as well. Pre-Economics 3.75 GPA, TAP</p>

<p>that’s not exactly how it works, though. They always admit more than they expect to enroll.</p>

<p>I am interested in your other questions as well. Is this the first year they have a transfer waitlist?</p>

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<p>Pre-econ 3.81 TAP</p>

<p>This is almost worse than being outright rejected. Not finding out until mid June </p>

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<p>I also don’t think that’s how the wait list works…
According to ms sun, this is the first time that ucla has implemented a wait list for transfers. She believes that wait listers are randomly selected when spots open up. I’m hoping to get more information from admissions on Monday. Not sure why they tell you that you can optionally put up your fall grades… Shouldn’t they have that information already </p>

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<p>Do we need to write an appeal sort of thing with the space and characters they give us? </p>

<p>Like a, “I should be at UCLA be because…”?</p>

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<p>my thoughts exactly. im going to ask my honors counselors tomorrow. i’ll report back with what they say</p>

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<p>I am on the waitlist for material engineering.</p>

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<p>I called UCLA admissions and was told: </p>

<ul>
<li>The most competitive applicants are re-evaluated if a spot opens up. You are competing for a spot in the major, not the school, but this does not mean that if 50 students were initially accepted for the major and only 12 enrolled, there is room for 38 wait-listers.</li>
<li>You don’t write the statement like an appeal (“I should be at UCLA because”). You use it to address any discrepancies in your transcript (which is why they ask for fall grades/ spring courses).
In my case, I was told that I was already a very competitive applicant so there isn’t really anything for me to address in my statement. I’m probably still going to write it like an appeal though. Don’t see the harm. </li>
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<p>Anyone else told something different? </p>

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<p>The number of students they accept is NOT the number of students they expect to enroll. They will not let in one person off the wait list for every person that does not accept their spot. If they are expecting a 50% yield and they want to enroll 20 transfers for that major, then they’ll make 40 offers. They’ll only use the wait list if they yield less than 20 people.</p>

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<p>One of you can have my spot.</p>

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<p>I got waitlisted as well. Pre-business econ and GPA 3.95.</p>

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<p>i’ll take that off your hands, Mikyy</p>

<p>BTW my honors counselor had very little to say to me, other than not to get my hopes up.</p>

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<p>:)
I din’t know what to feel when I found out I’ve got wait-listed, but let’s not lose our hope yet!
UCB’s decision is coming out soon too.</p>

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<p>to be honest, even if i get into Berkeley, i would prefer LA. </p>

<p>Do you guys know if they will request to see my fall grades, if they do in fact choose to take me off the waitlist?</p>

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<p>I think they should’ve already seen your fall grades dude</p>

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<p>I got accepted to UC Berkeley, but I would choose UCLA if I get off the waitlist!</p>

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<p>Any news when we will learn about those accepted? :o</p>

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<p>Good news to people that are on the waitlist. My admission might get revoked, so one of you might get it. Hopefully it doesn’t happen. </p>

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<p>Do any of you guys know when we can expect to hear about UCLA’s transfer waitlist decisions? Before May ends or definitely early-mid June? Hopefully it’s before June 1st</p>

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<p>@milkyy‌ </p>

<p>Why? lol </p>