I’ve been waitlisted at UCD, UCI, & UCSB. Unfortunately, all of them were in my top 3, so I accepted to be on the waitlist for all 3 schools. I’ve heard of the concept of LOCI, but do they apply to UC’s and should I send one to my top choice to help my chances? I would happily attend any of them if they accepted me off their waitlist.
If you check the common datasets for all three UC’s, UCD does not consider an applicants level of interest. UCSB does consider applicant interest and UCI considers applicant interest very important so UCI would be the school you would want to send an LOCI.