@WaitingforGodot4 - your stats are amazing! I’m sure you will have other excellent choices. June 22? That’s brutal
Yes, I have to say that it seems like we are all pretty exceptional students, so it says a lot that we are on the waitlist. As far as the June 22nd thing goes, as far as I can tell, if they want you, they will let you in by May 15th (obviously with some exceptions). All the rejection emails will go out by June 22nd, though.
how does the Wait-list acceptance work. If a person is wait-listed for CS Major then that person will be considered only when there are enough seats available in that major or any major ?
Not totally positive, but I think your final acceptance would be strongly dependent on how many CS major spots are still open.
@emmawonz so the seats have to become available for the major you applied ? Anyone else know ?
HI ALL!
Just an FYI…One UCLA Waitlist student got in on June 21st last year.
@oligixarxx posted last year on 06-23-2017 at 3:29 am I got in on June 21st!!! Pre psychology !! See u there!
Though I think most of us will know by May 15th and hopefully by June 1st.
do you know how many people they usually waitlist/ how many they accept off the waitlist??
I got waitlisted too for mechanical engineering 
@creampuff72 this is all based upon how many people decide to go to UCLA. Some statistics say that the turn over rate is as high as 35-ish percent, but since Berkeley hasn’t had any buildings burn down recently, they are probably going to have more students going there instead of UCLA hehe. Good luck and make sure you write a good waitlist statement!
What should we include in our waitlist statements other than updated senior year grades? Should I explain in more detail why I want to go to ucla and why I love the school? Any input would be super appreciated!
The yield rates for UCLA Engineering were usually less than 30%.
http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/seasoasa/2017-UCEE-Report.pdf
@lovebestbaby - I have the same exact question!
There are two discussions for UCLA waitlist this year…(UCLA 2018 WAITLISTED) and (UCLA Waitlist Class 2022). Just FYI.
@StevenToCollege - I think UCLA knows the yield rate and accounts for it when they send acceptances. I’ve heard that statistically our chances are pretty low. The only data I was able to find is for 2014. That year about 200-300 people were admitted from the wait list and the wait list was offered to about 6000 students from which about 3500 opted in. So you can do the math…
Hello fellow waitlisters!
What did y’all put in your little statement areas?
I put an award that I completely forgot to mention on my application (NMS finalist mega oops L-) ), some science olympiad award stuff, the fact I joined another club, and my mid-term grades. Is this enough?
@WaitingforGodot4 - thank you for the info. Does anybody know if they rank the wait list aplicants? Meaning: does each student gets assigned the position on the wait list? Otherwise, how do they make decisions? I doubt that they will be reading thousands of additional information statements. What do you think?
Does anybody know if they rank the wait list applicants? Meaning: does each student get assigned a position/number on the wait list? Otherwise, how do they make decisions? I doubt that they will be reading thousands of additional information statements. What do you think?
same q as @collegefind1234 above
@collegefind1234 I read in their waitlist FAQs that they do not rank waitlist applicants.
Hmm… how do they select then? Lottery 
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@collegefind1234 My educated guess from other top universities.
- We are first divided up by major.
- Then, we are divided up by OOS , In-state and international.
One of the reasons more OOS are accepted over In-state from the waitlist, is in-state has a higher yield. If an OOS declines, they find another OOS applicant. If in-state declines, they find an in-state applicant. All UCs need the OOS money. - They then pick the most qualified applicants. Other factors they may consider: male to female ratio, racial makeup of major and if a scholarship candidate declines, they can pick another student from a financially challenged background.