
Occidental College's wait list acceptance rate for the application year 2024 stands at 5.7%, with 71 of 1,238 applicants accepted. This marks a notable increase from the previous year, 2023, where only 3.9% of 1,534 wait-listed students were offered admission. The acceptance rate has shown significant variability in recent years, plummeting to just 0.7% for the application year 2022. In contrast, the application year 2020 saw a much higher acceptance rate of 11.9%, indicating an unpredictable trend in admissions from the wait list.