UCLA Class of 2030 Waitlist and Appeals Discussion Thread

Colleges & Universities University of California - Los Angeles
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Freshman decisions will be posting soon, so I have started the Waitlist/Appeal Discussion thread.

2025 Timeline is based on when admits posted their information so actual admit dates may not be exact.

2025 Timeline: Tuesday April 22, 2025 Wednesday April 23 OOS L&S and Thursday April 24 OOS L&S. Few OOS admits Friday May 2. IS Engineering admits May 3, IS/International L&S May 6, OOS CSE admit May 13, CS/EE/BME/Psych/Bio admits IS/International/OOS May 15, ME International admit May 16, International EE/IS Math & Stats/DS/Cog Sci/Bus Econ/Psych/Microbiology May 17, IS Pol Sci/BME /Bio May 20, CS/International for Lingusitics May 22, Physics OOS/Econ and Asian Studies IS May 24, OOS Econ/Neuroscience May 30, International Materials Engineering June 14 OOS, IS Biology/Undeclared-Humanities August 2

Below is some previous years data and information regarding the Waitlist and Appeal process. The Waitlist admits will vary from year to year, so there is no way to gauge your chances of being admitted.

Last year, UCLA allowed the waitlisted students to submit a waitlist statement with new accomplishments and updated Senior grades.

AO’s say their selections are generally a continuation of the regular admission process, with consideration given to students’ original scores from application readers and whether their intended areas of study fill enrollment holes that year along with the waitlist essay and updated course/grades.

UCLA Waitlist Data from CDS

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 20563

Number accepting a place on the waitlist: 13612

Number of waitlisted students admitted: 1517

Appeals submitted: 1924. Appeals approved: 2

UCLA 2024 CDS data

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 15023
Number accepting a place on the waitlist 9198
Number of waitlisted students admitted 1211

Appeals submitted: 1962

Appeals approved: 5

UCLA Waitlist 2023

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 18329
Number accepting a place on the waitlist 11725
Number of waitlisted students admitted 1400

APPEALS submitted: 1587

APPROVED: 1

UCLA Waitlist 2022

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 16979
Number accepting a place on the waitlist 11169
Number of waitlisted students admitted 367

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.

  9. UCLA did accept waitlist statements and Senior grade updates

Here is a link to the UCLA appeal process: First-Year Applicant Appeals | UCLA Undergraduate Admission

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UCLA Class of 2030 Official Thread
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Just saw the waitlist opt-in form need fill out senior class and grade (required), supplemental essay (optional).

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@Gumbymom, when UCLA admits a student from the waitlist, are they typically admitted to the first choice major?

I believe UCLA doesn’t typically admit to an alternate major?

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You are correct, they admit based on your primary major. I do not believe that UCLA asked for an alternate major on the original application.

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Yes, no alt major, only 1 major.

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Is there any prediction for how many will be on the waitlist and get admitted this year, based on the number of applicants in general? Was there more or less total applicants this year? Is there a major that tends to admit more applicants, or one that admits less? My daughter is an LA local marine bio major and we are wondering what her chances are.

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Also, would it be better to include additional information/supplemental essay?

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UCLA had around 1500 more Freshman applicants than last year. There is no way to predict how many applicants will be pulled from the waitlist since it can vary from year to year. I posted several years worth of data on the top of this discussion and also listed the 2025 timeline for the waitlist decisions. UCLA had a 58% enrollment rate for 2025 Freshman which is the highest in-state yields for all the UC’s.

The waitlist statement and updated Senior grades are all that can be submitted for waitlisted students.

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Thanks for the info. Do you think it would reflect badly if she only updated her grades and didn’t write anything in the additional comments area?

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I would try to write something in the waitlist statement. This is her chance to show UCLA why she would be a good fit and how she can contribute to the UCLA campus community. I know it is listed as optional and in previous years some students have been admitted without submitting a statement, however I only see it as a positive.

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For Seniors that were waitlisted, how could grades impact their decisions? My son got a C in Calc BC, but the rest of his classes are A’s, so I’m freaking out about his chances at the waitlist. Would anyone have any information on this?

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UCLA AO’s have stated the following: Waitlist selections are generally a continuation of the regular admission process, with consideration given to students’ original scores from application readers and whether their intended areas of study fill enrollment holes that year along with the waitlist essay and updated course/grades.

Senior grades are part of a "continuation of academic rigor”, so high grades can strengthen an application ;however, Senior grades are only 1/4 of the student’s academic record so it they will be considered within that context.

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My S26 was outright rejected from Berkeley (dream school), and waitlisted at UCLA (almost dream school). What I don’t understand about the waitlist process is how or why UCLA would bother to read ~10,000 waitlist statements from kids who most likely won’t be attending. Obviously, in the initial application period, they have to read everything. But now that they’ve already deemed someone worthy of admission if a spot opens up, why spend the time and money to read statements from kids who mostly won’t be offered a spot? I could see it making sense to read statements if a group were competing for a particular spot (e.g. OOS students in a specific major, international for a major, etc.)…but not just reading thousands and thousands of statements with no open spot available. Am I missing something here?

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Did anyone instate get off yet?

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No movement reported.

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Just found an update on the applicant portal:

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That is a strange statement. Obviously the final decisions have not been made for students on the waitlist… isn’t that the point of a waitlist…?

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Yes, for waiting list, just saw this statement on portal today, assume decision may come soon?

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@Mom2024class @tamagotchi

Based on posts I have seen on some social media sites, UCLA admissions may have been getting many inquiries about when the waitlist decisions would be made since the Opt in and waitlist statement deadline was April 15 and waitlisted students assumed decisions would be posting right after that deadline or first in = means first off. This is only my assumption on why UCLA posted this notice.