I saw similar posts from last year and I thought that it would be helpful to waitlist thread.
Yeah. I got waitlisted with 3.9 with all major reqs done and IGETC. I applied as MIMG!
I was waitlisted too! Anthro major, 3.7 with 4.0 major gpa with prereqs completed. Suuuuuuper confused as to why i was waitlisted
I was waitlisted as well.
The chances of being admitted are low, but I’ll put everything I got into that essay. Good luck, guys!
it’s totally possible guys i know a WHOLE bunch of people that got off of it. my cousin used to work for admissions and she told me there’s a lot of movement on the list
@juliamarie15 That’s really good to hear. Although I’m worried about getting my hopes up… 
I got waitlisted with 3.75 in Political Science. Fingers crossed for all of us!
Waitlisted with a 3.7, IGETC done, but lacking almost all the prereqs for Asian American Studies…good luck to you guys!! This essay is hopefully gonna be the best thing we’ve each written yet 
Does anyone know how the waitlist work? Do they choose the students based on how many spots are available on the specific major the students applied to?
@juliamarie15 hmmm, what exactly did your cousin told you? How do they take students off from the waitlist?
I’m glad that this thread was started, I got waitlisted with a 3.65 for financial mathematics. I had a question about the essay. What are you guys writing about? I decided to do a letter format, addressing why I would fit at UCLA. What about you guys?
@uctransfer00 I called the office of admissions and they told me that you should write about why the school is a good fit for you as well as any improvements that you may not have mentioned in the application.
The essay is not important. They will still base it from rankings they did before (e.g. Grades and gpa you have from fall and winter, and the classes you finished/finishing To satisfy major req). My friend got in last year as a waitlist without even writing an essay.
my cousin told me that there is a lot of movemeonf on the list literally lol especially for nonimpacted majors! she was also waitlisted for their nursing program and got in. but the school of nursing has an actual numbered wait list of 40 spots so she knew what number she was. and ik people who applied as a chemistry and political science major and they both got off the waitlist . and they do it by major and take the most competitive applicants in that major
i had another person tell me adding new leadership positions, anything to highlight community involvement, if your major GPA is higher than your overall, and even new awards will help you!
Waitlisted.
Major: ME
4.0 GPA
All pre reqs done in spring
IGETC not done
I was looking through previous years’ threads, and people weren’t getting notified until late June, even early July:/
Hehe, yeap, most of the people who got off around on July are usually Engineering majors and some life sciences. But let’s not lose hope. We’re not rejected yet. It’s like they’re extending the admission decisions another month or two.
Anyways!!! Any MIMG majors who got wait listed too?!?
accepted to berkeley!!
@juliamarie15 Congrats!