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Matriculating Class 2031  ·  Bulletin No. 04  ·  September 2026

Class of 2030  ·  Waitlist archive  ·  101 reports

Did UChicago move its waitlist?

10 applicants reported coming off the UChicago waitlist during the Class of 2030 cycle. Here is when it happened, day by day.

10Came off the list
8AO contacts
0Extended
77Still waiting
101Total reports

Every figure is a count of individual, dated, anonymous reports from applicants. Not an institutional disclosure.

When it moved

The first reported movement at UChicago was April 2, 2026. The last was May 15, 2026. The busiest single week began May 11, 2026, with 6 reported events.

UChicago  ·  weekly volume2025-12-22 → 2026-05-29
DecJanFebMarAprMay
Week with an admit Week with AO contact Reports, no movement

What was reported

EventReportsShare
Still waiting, nothing yet7776.2%
Came off the waitlist109.9%
Closed out65.9%
Admissions officer emailed65.9%
Admissions officer called22.0%

By division

DivisionReports
UG48

Where reporters applied from

RegionReports
International9
US — Midwest6
US — California5
US — Northeast1
US — Southeast1
How this was collected 101 reports, submitted anonymously by applicants as their status changed, between 2025-12-22 and 2026-05-29. Provenance: 95 web, 5 organic, 1 salvage (inferred). Every row carries its own date and source tag. Reports flagged as recovered from local storage are excluded from movement timing because their submission time is unreliable. No personal information is collected or stored. Full methodology.

Other schools that cycle

Columbia10Georgetown14NYU11Vanderbilt21Cornell12Princeton10Harvard4Penn4Stanford4UCLA15Brown2Michigan8Northwestern1UC San Diego2

Number shown is reported admits off the waitlist.

Log your own

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