UC Irvine Class of 2030 Waitlist and Appeals Discussion

March Decisions will be posting soon so I have started the Waitlist/Appeal discussion.

2025 Waitlist Timeline: Wave of admits May 2, 2025 IS mainly, admits May 16- May 17, IS and OOS admits May 30, Admits July 19. Some waitlist denials on August 10.

Below are some Waitlist stats from the last few years. Remember the number of admitted varies from year to year.

UCI Waitlist 2025 UC Counselor Conference Data

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list 18,758
Number accepting a place on the waitlist N/A
Number of waitlisted students admitted 5,814

Appeals submitted: 1616

Appeals approved: 16

UCI Waitlist 2024 UC Counselor Conference Data

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list 18691
Number accepting a place on the waitlist 13155
Number of waitlisted students admitted 6259

Appeals submitted: 1426

Appeals approved: 26

UCI Waitlist 2023

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list 9861
Number accepting a place on the waitlist 3533
Number of waitlisted students admitted 2979

APPEALS: 1604

APPROVED: 23

UCI 2022 Counselor Conference data

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list 23904
Number accepting a place on the waitlist N/A
Number of waitlisted students admitted 4818

General Waitlist information:

  1. UC Waitlists are not ranked and it is not first in, first admitted.
  2. There is no way to determine your chances from being admitted off the waitlist. It will be depend upon how many admitted students SIR and how many spots are open after the deadline.
  3. No specific timeline for waitlist admits. If space opens up before the SIR deadline of May 1, then students can be pulled from the waitlist.
  4. Residency type and major are not broken out for the UC waitlist statistics.
  5. The number of waitlisted students that actually enroll is not listed.
  6. No LOCI’s since UC’s do not consider demonstrated interest. Opting into the waitlist shows your interest in attending.
  7. Opting into the waitlist is by invitation only.
  8. You cannot appeal your decision while on the waitlist.
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Any waitlist movement so far?

I am checking too, didn’t hear any. It seems back in 2023 and 2024, waitlist started moving April 18/19.

(astrology stuff)

hey is everybody able to log into Zot Aid and have their name & major show up? If so, then it likely means nothing. This was the same astrology for regular decisions which was inaccurate for some so just be aware

I also got this I have heard a lot of people say everyone could log in, but this might signal that decisions are coming out soon. I do not know for sure however since not everyone posts about if they could log in or not.

Yes, it seems everyone can log in. Probably FA office got the FA file ready for all waitlists, decision may be released soon.

I am waitlisted at UCI for cs and was wondering if in the past few years if people have got off the waitlist for cs or similar majors?

Last year on 5/2/2025, there are some. You can check prior years’ thread for more info

Just got off waitlist right now, business admin major, in state.

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Any news for engineering majors? (im hoping for electrical engineering)

I sadly didn’t get off today. Did anybody get off for cognitive science?

just got off the waitlist, OOS, public health science major

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Do you know if there is any movement for sociology?

S26’s BF just got off wait-list for CS.

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Yes, my son comp engineering got cleared but he will decline in favor of UMD CS

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im wondering as well

On Reddit, these are the Engineering admits posted:
Computer Science and Engineering
Computer Engineering
Software Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Civil Engineering

Updated: Aerospace and Mechanical also.

Have you seen any social science majors?

Sorry, did not see any admits for social science majors.