Hi. From my speculations, I think uci will accept a lot from the waitlist this year. When UCI accepts around 35%, they accept a lot from the waitlist. 2012 and 2014 was around a 35-36% acceptance rate, therefore the reason why almost everyone if not all was accepted off the waitlist. 2013 they had around a 42% acceptance rate because they decided to accept more upfront instead of relying on the waitlist, which is the reason why no one was accepted off the waitlist in 2013. Also, there is a uc budget crisis this year and so the uc schools do not know how much funding they will receive from california. Many articles have posted and the uc people have said themselves that they will probably get a lot of people from the waitlist this year if they receive more state funding. Even if we don’t receive more state funding, because of the idea that the uc’s dont know how much funding they’ll get, naturally the acceptances will be way lower than the target enrollment rate.It wouldn’t make sense for uci to have another 2013 situation when they have no idea how many students they should enroll, so yeah they’ll most likely accept less. (yeah i’m obsessed lol. I researched so much and sorry if it doesnt make sense I was too lazy to revise it)