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Hi Platysauras, It's all good, at least you have Berkeley! I'm still in limbo with Yale. Haven't heard yet...

I am still waiting to hear the wait list decision from Yale...should hear tomorrow :/

AWESOME PLATYSAURUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck to those making tough decisions and those still waiting over the next 24 hours!

Congrats amerianthro! Thanks for the encouraging words. Good luck on the other offer. @Platysauras- that makes a lot of sense...if we haven't heard yet then there are still decisions to be made and we are technically still in the game. Any day now....

I feel you Platysaraus! I'm in a similar position. I wonder if our chances decrease as each day goes by or if there's no way to tell until after the 15th :/

Congrats Sweetpearl! That is awesome and I am sooooooooo jazzed for you. How did you find out?

It's been quiet on here the past week. Any wait list news anyone would like to share? I'm still trying to maneuver through the wait list limbo. I thought I would have heard something by now but I'm starting to assume that maybe I won't hear anything until after Monday.

Hang in there my friends! This process is arduous indeed. But on the bright side, we will know in the coming week or two for SURE.

Hi sweetpearl16, The other school is GW.

Thanks kphd, Yeah, the waiting at this point is becoming difficult. I'm wait listed at two really good schools and it looks like they will take until the 15th. Anyone else hear anything as far as wait lists are concerned?

I'm still on a waitlist as well and would definitely accept if an offer comes through. The waiting is excruciating. Best of luck to us waitlisters out there! Hopefully we hear back soon. It really depends on how fast other students make their decisions.

Does anyone know anything about Yale/archaeology? Anyone accepted, rejected, wait listed?

Awesome, anxiousanthro! Thanks for the news!

Is anyone off of any wait lists yet? Share the news!

Hi kphd- I think you can accept an offer and then decline it for another offer prior to the April 15th deadline. I would imagine most students will decide by the end of this month or into the first week of April. I think you would be ok as long as you do this before the deadline. Even after the deadline it is still possible although you have to get a written release from the school you have accepted.

Does anyone know if graduate admissions play any role in the actual process or are they just the vehicle for which we hear officially? It seems to me that wait listed people will still be re viewed by the actual departments, right?

Wow, things certainly have slowed down. I'm still wait listed at Yale. Anyone else?

Good question amerianthro. I have been wondering the same thing. It is also spring break for many schools so I wonder if we would hear anything during the break. I'm guessing probably not.

To the person that just got into GW, did you get off the waitlist?

Awesome PhDreams! Where will you be attending this fall?

I had to send an e-mail confirming that I wished to be kept on the wait list as my letter advised. About a week after I did that, I contacted my POI and let him know I was still interested and had told them to keep me on the wait list. He then offered some information about where I was on the wait list and prospective chances of getting accepted this year, which he thought were good considering several people have been known to turn down spots for other programs. I wonder if they will let us know as soon as they hear from the other students or if it is dragged out until April….

Is anyone out there accepted for PhD/archaeology at Yale? If so, will you be accepting or declining?

You're right amerianthro, I agree. It is a hard time for everyone as some make their important decisions, others wait in limbo, etc. I hope to hear from all the wait listers out there! Please keep us informed!

Hi all- I thought i would start a new topic for those of us that have been wait listed. It can be stressful so come on here and let us know how you feel even if just to complain. But I am really looking foreword to keeping tabs on who is getting off wait lists in the coming weeks so that the rest of us may live vicariously through them….