Getting waitlisted, for me at least, feels like a roller coaster. I was absolutely thrilled to get waitlisted because I hadn't heard any good news up to that point. Since I've been rejected to a majority of my schools, and three strong implied rejections, the new ride I'm on is wondering who on this board might elect another school over the one I'm waitlisted at. While I am always happy for those that get admitted to different programs, I hate to admit that I am actually even more thrilled that those accepted to my waitlisted school are accepted elsewhere because then it gives me hope that I might actually receive an admit from this waitlisted school. So on top of my waning hope of getting admitted to these three implied rejection schools, I'm also checking to see if so and so got admitted elsewhere. Double the anxiety, double the obsessive lurking and checking and hoping.