<p>I got accepted to San Diego State about 3 weeks ago. This, besides Santa Barbara, was my top college! I went ahead and submitted my intent to enroll at SDSU, feeling 100% positive I would be denied to Santa Barbara. WELL, today I found out I got waitlisted to UC Santa Barbara. Now I'm stuck. I already submitted my intent to enroll at SDSU, and I won't find out if I get into Santa Barbara until May 1st (the deadline to send in your intent to enroll for SDSU) at the earliest. My question is, will I be able to revoke my intent to enroll at San Diego State if I find out I have been accepted to UC Santa Barbara, even if it is after the deadline? I know there is little chance I will be chosen from the waitlist, but I would still love to hear any feedback just in case.</p>
<p>Yes, that’s how it works with WLs, you need to hold a place at a college, so people are often in this situation. That’s why colleges ask for a deposit, and why deposits are often non-refundable.</p>
<p>I got wailisted as well. UCSB is the school I want to go to, so I immediately accepted the waitlist offer. Applicants don’t know until May 31st btw, not May 1st sadly.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how the waitlist works? Is it a first come first serve basis?</p>
<p>I accepted the waitlist to UCSB too this year and am probably sending an SIR to UCSC. You can do an SIR to one and accept the waitlist but if you get accepted off the waitlist and accept it you have to cancel your first SIR and usually you lose a nonrefundable deposit. Also it’s not May 31 or 1 it’s anytime after May 1st through the 31 that you could get a message about waitlist admissions or not. Like I think last year or sometime they got it on the 5th or so. </p>
<p>Also I haven’t been able to find anywhere how they do the waitlist ranking or selecting off of it. I was worried it might be first come first serve but sadly my parents argued for hours before letting me accept it finally. But it could be by applications or anything else. UCSB doesn’t state anywhere how they do it. Also it’s probably going to be by college depending on what major you applied with and where the openings are.</p>
<p>yoxian: I’m really hoping this year is a year where they use the waitlist cause one year they took like 400 students off of it and one year no one got admitted from the waitlist. But good luck to you as well!!! :3 I’ve heard UCSC is a nice school from people so at least if I’m not admitted from the waitlist at UCSB I don’t think I’m going to hate it at UCSC. =P</p>
But it could be by applications or anything else. UCSB doesn’t state anywhere how they do it. Also it’s probably going to be by college depending on what major you applied with and where the openings are.</p>