I’ve heard differently from someone I know who works in education (helps create state tests) and is UCLA alum. At the end of the day, school is a business. They don’t want their yield to drop, plus they don’t have to worry about too many bodies on campus, so he suggested they would reach much farther into the waitlist. Also, here’s a helpful video about how the pandemic actually helps the waitlist (they mostly talk about privates but they mentioned it applies to publics as well, just to a smaller degree): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2BlDQSMHKw
I have faith and wish us all the best!! Good luck!
From previous UCLA freshman waitlist threads, many were able to estimate when the waves of status updates would come out. Or maybe they knew the set dates updates would come out. I know it’s a rolling basis. I wonder what dates those waves of admissions/status updates are on for transfer waitlised students.
I’ve been lurking on social media and waitlisted freshmen were notified yesterday the 16th. They probably will continue to roll out admissions for them. Let’s hope it’s the same for us!! 
I don’t think relying on stats from past years have much bearing this time around. I believe general consensus is more will get in because some of those admitted will decide to wait.
For clarification: this info is from this years (2020) waitlisted freshmen!
Hey you guys! I’ve been thinking about some of the earlier posts about UCLA admitting ~3500 transfer students compared to the ~5000 historic admit rate for the past two decades and have a few questions. Are you guys sure they weren’t referring to something like “a class of over 3500 students”? I think they may have accepted around the same number of applicants from previous years, but worded in such a way to infer that the ~3500 were those that have currently SIR’d instead. What are your guys thoughts on this?
That is more than likely the case. “UCLA received nearly 26,000 applications for a class of just over 3,500 transfer students.” 3500 is typically the amount of transfer students which choose to enroll at UCLA. Which is why the portal states “a class of just over 3,500 transfer students”. This does not imply that that only 3500 transfer students received an admissions offer.
I have doing a Zoom with the UCLA rep for my school today. Any question suggestions?
The waitlist is using a rolling basis. Is that mean I have zero chance to get the offer if I submitted it on May 14.
Ahh, I wish I would’ve seen this before 
I still have a question about whether or not I can do P/NP for major classes. I mentioned this in the thread earlier but got mixed responses. I think I might call them myself. Thank you for offering to help us!
Does anyone know if we will only be notified if we get in? Or will we also be notified if we are not chosen? It would suck if we waited all summer for a notification that was never going to come.
They do but that’s if there is no more space. I was waitlisted last year as well and they notified my friend he got in mid June. And they notified me I was not admitted few days later.
A friend of mine was notified he got in just a week or two after he submitted his essay which was may 14. Don’t worry about submitting your waitlist late.
When do we start to hear back? After may 15, which was the waitlist opt-in deadline or starting June 1st?
Was last year using a rolling basis? This year, it said that not all decisions have been made for students on the waitlist.
Here is something I’m worried about. UCs over-extend invitations knowing that a certain % will decline the offer. There are the occasional appeals that also go through. I’m hoping UCLA did not over admit more students knowing how so many of them would decline because of this pandemic. If that’s the case, then being on the waitlist won’t make much of a difference considering what’s going on. I hope they made and finalized their decisions before this crisis. In general, I guess we will never know regardless.
@uclahopeful4 I believe most majors are accepting the P/NP grading basis. However, I would recommend reaching out to the department advisor for Poli Sci students rather than a counselor/admissions officer.
For example, the department advisor for anthropology said that they would accept my upper division anthropology course to be taken on a P/NP basis for this semester only. Although, I’m not sure if they would allow this for major preparation courses.
You’re right. Thank you!
Was he going on a rolling basis last year? This year is using a rolling basis.