Thank you so much for responding. That was definitely helpful. I was overly choosy about the schools I applied to, so I only only applied to two and I made the waiting list but was eventually rejected by what I thought was my safety. My POI at LSU has research interests that are directly in line with my own so it just seems so perfect. I'd be devastated if I didn't get in, but from what you said, it sounds like my luck is very short.