UCLA Anderson Class of 2018: Calling all Waitlisted Applicants!!

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This thread is for all  Waitlisted  applicants, for the Class of 2018. Be welcome and please share any information, tip or concern you may have regarding the process!

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Ayushi18 · Answer

Hi All. I have been waitlisted after interview. Anyone else in the same situation?
Also, as a waitlist candidate, how important is it to submit updates to the application? What kind of updates are expected and useful? and till wat tym can we provide updates?
Can someone please help with these queries? It would be really helpful.

Piki · Answer

Hi Guys

I've been waitlisted for Anderson(with interview-which did not go well).
I am EXTREMELY keen to go to UCLA, to an extent that I cannot possibly explain by any means. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Narenn · Answer

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Elmo27 · Answer

Anybody on the waitlist get accepted?

BrotherTN750 · Answer

Does not seem like any R1 applicants who were waitlisted have received any firm updates yet. Judging by the last couple of years, it seems like there will be no news until the R2 decision deadline on March 29.

Also, generally speaking, anyone have any idea as to how many candidates that Anderson puts on the waitlist, and how many they typically admit off of it? Just trying to get some idea as to where I stand now. I'm assuming that I am probably getting dinged or waitlisted again, but would absolutely love an offer of admission. Just don't want to get my hopes up if Anderson is like a lot of top programs that waitlist an army and but only admit a platoon from the waitlist.

netgerol · Answer

Hey guys - I saw on the main Anderson Class of 2018 chat that someone was accepted off the waitlist. If that was you, can you tell us the details?? Has anyone else heard any news? Anderson is my top choice!!

Qwerty4321 · Answer

Hi Guys! Anyone heard from UCLA? It seems they are rolling out many admits in the past few days..

BrotherTN750 · Answer

I've heard of one case of an R1 applicant being accepted off of the wait list so far, but am sure there are a few others. FWIW, based on the threads from years gone by, most of the R1 waitlist acceptances seemingly come out either on or within a day or two of the R2 decision release date.

Either way, for better or worse, I'm just looking to hear some substantive news at this point. I've resigned myself to the ding from Anderson, but I just want something definitive either way. The waiting game is absolutely the worst part.

BrotherTN750 · Answer

Ton of admits have apparently gone out from Anderson in recent days, but I believe they have almost all been R2 applicants. Reports of R1 waitlist acceptances have been almost (but not quite) non-existent, so I wouldn't read too much into the recent wave of admits.

Drilling · Answer

Hi All,
Any Anderson WL applicant here who was accepted later? I am WL'ed in R2 and also I have acceptance from Duke Fuqua. Both schools are great. I did my interview with Anderson online but with Duke I had a chance to visit the school. 
Right now thinking whether to go after UCLA or not. My post-MBA goal is to go to clean energy and UCLA is great and is close to western cleantech companies. On the other hand Duke sends a lot to energy too.
Any thoughts much appreciated.

BrotherTN750 · Answer

Not sure I came across a single R1 waitlist admit yesterday, and in general it seems like Anderson admits were sparse over the past few days. Apparently nearly all of them went out beforehand, and yesterday was essentially all dings and waitlists.

Also, incidentally, I haven't seen many (any?) R1 waitlist candidates who were dinged yesterday, though I did see a ton of R2 applicants being waitlisted. Obviously there is no published data, but anecdotally the Anderson waitlist has to be really lengthy now. Given that Anderson still has a relatively low yield and is viewed as a "safety" school by a lot of its applicants, I imagine there will still be quite a few waitlisted candidates who get admitted in the months ahead, but the odds for any one candidate must be quite low. It's a guess, but if I had to wager I would guess the waitlist has at least 125 candidates on it, and probably a lot more than that (perhaps even 200-300). Those odds are just not good.

For the most part, I think all of us waitlisted candidates should pretty much be moving on to other programs, or choosing to re-apply next year if you really want Anderson.

BrotherTN750 · Answer

There were a couple of reported instances of R1 waitlist candidates being admitted in recent weeks, but literally only a couple. I didn't see a single one yesterday, or in the past week. For the most part, I think Anderson kept all of the R1 waitlist applicants on the waitlist through R2, and then added a whole slew of new R2 waitlist applicants yesterday. Again, we don't have any firm numbers to work with, but by all indications the Anderson waitlist has to be very lengthy right now.

Two more things to keep in mind here. First, Anderson has a larger and more competitive R3 than most programs. Whereas a lot of programs are effectively done for the year after R2, that's not quite as true at Anderson (R2 is their biggest round, but R3 is still decently sizable), so they still have more spots available at this point than most programs. Second, as above in my earlier post, Anderson is still viewed as a "safety" school by many of its applicants, and its yield is therefore relatively low. In real terms, that means a lot of their admits are ultimately going to tell them thanks but no thanks, which creates the possibility of space opening up for waitlisted applicants. All of that is to say that Anderson is likely going to tap into the waitlist a bit -- likely even more than most programs -- but due to them having a true R3 they probably won't do so until a good bit later this summer.

In practical terms, nothing is really going to change before the R2 admit deposit deadline, which is April 28. Once some of those R2 admits decline their Anderson offer, that may open up some space, though given the competitive R3, you're more realistically looking at late May or early June before you find out anything definitive either way (i.e. admit or ding). Worth noting that the R3 decision release date isn't until May 24, which is, I think, when most of the waitlist dings go out. There should be some waitlist offers going out during that general time frame, but still, the individual odds of any one waitlisted applicant ultimately getting admitted will have to be very low. Again, with its low yield I think Anderson has to maintain a large waitlist anyway, and anecdotally from what we've seen the past few days further supports the overall size of the waitlist. The odds just aren't good, I'm afraid.

As for you, that's a personal decision, obviously, but I'll throw in my two cents: Send in your tuition deposit to Fuqua and forget about Anderson. Fuqua is arguably a better program anyway, it's an incredibly portable degree, and even in the clean energy space it will probably open as many doors for you as Anderson will. You've obviously got nothing to lose by remaining on the Anderson waitlist, so do that in case that is where you really want to go, but I would absolutely be making plans to enroll at Fuqua and move to Durham later this summer. If Anderson does come along and give you good news then great, go for it if that's what you want and it makes financial sense, but it would be crazy to pass up a program like Fuqua just to see out a longshot on a waitlist that is unlikely to result in an offer of admission. Send in the tuition deposit to Fuqua. Again, just my two cents, and congrats on the admit!

cjc1989 · Answer

netgerol

Hello - this is my first post on gmatclub but I wanted to try to lend a helping hand after reading this thread a TON during application season. I applied R1 and was waitlisted w/o interview. After the R2 deadline, I reached out to a friend who had received his MBA from Anderson and a PhD from UCLA and I told him my dilemma and asked for an informal letter or recommendation to the WL and he agreed. Approximately a week after I received an interview invite on 1/29/16, interviewed on 2/18/16, and received an admit call on 3/23/16. I was in the process of writing the "optional" update to the WL manager but received the interview invite before I could send it.

Feel free to ask any questions.. Happy to help!

netgerol · Answer

Thank so much for the info and congrats on being accepted! I was waitlisted with interview in R1 and I pretty much did the same thing as you, but I am still on the waitlist for review during R3. I'm hoping for some good news but its definitely been a looong process.

bb · Answer

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