Thanks acdelco. I reached out to Tulane (in January and again today) and explained to them my situation, but i keep getting the run around ("one more week" "things are going slower than expected" etc) I was initially told back in January that I would be contacted by the end of Jan for an interview (phone), mid Feb for an interview (in person) with final decision by the first week of March. As they haven't contacted me for any type of interview but say I am still on the list, I think I'm on their back-up choice list and of low priority to hurry things along. I have a good offer on the table from elsewhere....perhaps I should go with a school that was more eager to have me than wait for my "dream school" that seems to have some organizational problems that may translate to a slow moving PhD program!