floradeambrosia

Thanks for all the advice guys . I ended up choosing one of the PhD programs, as I realized that one program was pretty ideal for my future goals, and it is actually much more funded than I thought--I will be only around 10K in debt, which I will be able to pay off. I think I wasn't so happy about the programs while writing the initial post because I had just found out I was rejected from my (fully funded) top choice, which really hurt. I am now looking forward to my phd program and think I will get even better clinical experience than I would have at my top choice, so I guess it all worked out for the best!

I've been waitlisted (rank: 1) at my top-choice since February like many of you. How are you guys coping with the fact that April 15th is so close? Does this mean that others who were given admission in the first round are possibly waitlisted at their first choice? I almost wish there was complete transparency--like a program online that gives you a live feed of people who have accepted their offers at the school, who are likely to reject, who are likely to accept, etc.! At least we'd have a better idea of our chances! I'm hoping we all hear good news soon!! Miracles do happen!