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Acceptances are still going out per my email with admissions. They are just on the slower side...
 
Okay, I don't wanna be a Debbie Downer here, but logically speaking WLs come after acceptances (i.e. good enough to be admitted, but the acceptances to fill the class have already been given out). It seems like they will just be picking people for the WL now and rejecting the rest?
 
KendallJennerSniperLady69 said:
Okay, I don't wanna be a Debbie Downer here, but logically speaking WLs come after acceptances (i.e. good enough to be admitted, but the acceptances to fill the class have already been given out). It seems like they will just be picking people for the WL now and rejecting the rest?
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Might be true but my recent email with admissions said acceptances are still going out
 
Email explicitly stated that they are still reviewing interviewed candidates and acceptances are still going out. I’m holding out to hope y’all lol
 
lollp said:
Email explicitly stated that they are still reviewing interviewed candidates and acceptances are still going out. I’m holding out to hope y’all lol
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My perception of the admissions team is that everyone has a different way of handling applicant questions. I think that some don't wanna let us down and will say things like "acceptances sometimes go out in june!" but that probably means those came from waitlist positions im imagining? We need more student input to see if that's actually true lol.
 
KendallJennerSniperLady69 said:
My perception of the admissions team is that everyone has a different way of handling applicant questions. I think that some don't wanna let us down and will say things like "acceptances sometimes go out in june!" but that probably means those came from waitlist positions im imagining? We need more student input to see if that's actually true lol.
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I don’t think that’s true, I don’t think they would get our hopes up just because? I actually emailed with this admissions person before and she’s always been very helpful with her answers. She helped with my interview and my many pre interview questions. Never got the impression she wasn’t forthcoming
 
pain. +1 didn’t hear anything
edit: interviewed in Dec
 
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I think UCLA has been keen with the new Dean to not overenroll the class. That’s why they’ve been slow. That probably favors the waitlist this year.

I saw that 40-50% of the class comes from the wait list.
 
This also makes sense right? Around 300 or so acceptances total. A lot of those coming from waitlisted applicants. So maybe more than 100 waitlist offers with a good number being declined.
 
At this point to avoid overenrolling the class, which seems to be a problem previous administrations have faced, I think outright acceptances might be done.

A waitlist that grows and shrinks biweekly makes more sense.

Just my thoughts!!
 
Seems that none of us knows what they are doing. So, knowing nothing, here are a couple scenarios that seem plausible:

1) All As and WLs have been sent out. The rest of us will receive Rs in the near future.

or

2) They haven't finished making final post-II decisions for the rest of us, so there will be another wave of notifications (likely WL and/or R?) forthcoming.

edit: someone pointed out that last year there were a small number of additional direct As released after the bulk of WLs and Rs, so that could be a possibility as well for the hopeful among us.​
 
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SpreadKindness20 said:
Seems that none of us knows what they are doing. So, knowing nothing, here are a couple scenarios that seem plausible:

1) All As and WLs have been sent out. The rest of us will receive Rs in the near future.

or

2) They haven't finished making final post-II decisions for the rest of us, so there will be another wave of notifications (likely WL and/or R?) forthcoming.
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Yeah it would make sense that there is basically a reservoir WL group that gets formally pulled into a WL group that grows slowly with people getting taken off week by week.

This would help to keep from overfilling the class.
 
Matchaman1310 said:
I think UCLA has been keen with the new Dean to not overenroll the class. That’s why they’ve been slow. That probably favors the waitlist this year.

I saw that 40-50% of the class comes from the wait list.
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Mind if I ask where you saw that? I recall MSAR indicated their WL had 150 people, and they accepted 50 from it, which is less than a third of the full UCLA class.

(This, of course, is data from 2 cycles ago so things may be different now.)
 
jjccmd said:
last year, additional non-WL As went out on 3/22
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Yeah good point.
SpreadKindness20 said:
Mind if I ask where you saw that? I recall MSAR indicated their WL had 150 people, and they accepted 50 from it, which is less than a third of the full UCLA class.

(This, of course, is data from 2 cycles ago so things may be different now.)
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UCLA overfilled their class the last two years. It’s in the forums. That might be why less people were taken off the wait list last year and the previous year.

According to a 2018 post apparently Dean Hall said 40% came from WL.
 
I just don't understand why they wouldn't just waitlist everyone then, instead of adding to it biweekly. The process is a mystery to all of us so idk
 
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