@RyanLam Check out my reply to you on page 1! It appears there is no appeal process or waitlist essay, so I would absolutely SIR to another school in the meanwhile and focus on finishing strong this semester. If you’re like myself, I’m willing to wait on hearing the final decision from UCSD, even if it means that I’ll be scrambling to find housing and what not. If you’re just so-so about going to UCSD and you have another school lined up, I’d commit to the other school and look for housing so you’re not stressing come Fall. All the data out about UCSD will only lead you to speculation, and i wouldn’t use any of it to figure out if you’ll be admitted or not.
Here’s some more info on waitlists that may answer some of your questions:
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/q-and-a/waitlist/index.html
@queen_ofthenorth Yes, you’re right. Several people were accepted on May 10 from the waitlist.
Someone wrote on that thread that while UCSD would usually over-accept students knowing that many would SIR elsewhere, they did not do that last year. They accepted exactly the number of students they had room for. So there was plenty of room for people to come in from the waitlist.
Ms. Sun’s website has some numbers for waitlist transfers from 2014 and 2015…not sure how reliable they are, but according to that, around 50% were admitted from the waitlist.
i got waitlisted for cs. probably bc i am missing the physics pre reqs. Anyone else in the same boat?
@KeepItCool They actually removed the science pre-reqs for computer science recently. https://admissions.ucsd.edu/transfer/transfer-major-preparation.html find cs there, physics no longer required.
I applied for comp engineering with alternate major as math/computer science. I’m worried that if by some miracle I’m admitted off the waitlist the offer could be rescinded because I don’t have all the major prep done anyone in a similar situation?
Both impacted majors
Or would it not be an issue because they already know the courses I’ve completed and are currently taking
@Spiceboys100 I don’t think major prep is as important, UNLESS you haven’t completed IGETC or 60 UC transferrable credits or courses that would be required for one of the UCSD colleges. Might be wise to call admissions counselors at your current school or at UCSD on Monday just to make sure. We’ve got nothing but time, now.
@queen_ofthenorth You were right about transfers being accepted last year starting May 10th! It looks like many freshman were not admitted last year (and found out their decisions after most transfers) but many transfers were (from the waitlists). It also appears that transfer CS majors were among the last to find out about their final waitlist decisions.
Just want to let you all know that they’ve already been accepting freshman waitlists this week…so that seems like good news for us all to hear back soon (fingers crossed).
@HopefulUC1453 Is that effective right now tho? Or will be effective? Because on assist, it shows that cs requires physics? unless they forgot to change it on assist.org
Lol hi
Major: comm
GPA: 3.66
ECs: decent
PIQs: good
IGETC: completed
Waitlisted at both Berkeley and SD
@KeepItCool At the top of assist, it says that it’s dated material, and that applicants should check the link which I posted earlier for up-to-date info.
And btw my major has only a 29% yield rate so are my chances legit
Thanks for this thread!
Major: Psych
GPA: 3.75
ECs: Great
PIQs: Solid
Rejected: UCLA, UCD
Waitlisted: UCI, UCSD
@HopefulUc1453 wow. Does that mean I met all the pre reqs for cs? I was only missing the physics and according to your link, they don’t require physics
sorry if not the place to post this but is there an UCLA appeal thread?
Seems abit shady that they’re able to release waitlist decisions so early don’t have have to wait for everyone to SIR then choose depending on available spots?