I am curious how one could predict ahead of time how UCR will decide to approach the wait list this year. Is it based on budget or how many people send their SIR or what? I know in 2013 from the 1,800 students that opted in; 1,369 were admitted which is terrific but last year it was definitely much lower. What differed between 2013 and 2014 that caused the drastic change? Also, do you think this year will be something like 2013 or even better or more like 2014 or even worse or somewhere in between? Thank You
There is no way to predict how many applicants will be accepted from the waitlist. Everything depends upon how many SIR by May 1 and how many spots will be open after that. Some years, more applicants SIR than expected and some years less, so it will vary from year to year. Since the UC’s continually increase in their competitiveness, more applicants are being rejected from other UC’s and are finding UCR as a good alternative. If you look just at average GPA/SAT/ACT scores over the course of the last few years, each year these numbers continue to increase. I am hoping that budget impass will be resolved and the UC’s will be able to accept more students but it is anyone’s guess if this will happen.