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I received a notification at the beginning of March that I was awarded a doctoral award for 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. I was waitlisted for the 2018/19 competition and I had no hopes of receiving it, but somehow I got it! 
I also didn't make it out of the school for the 2019 competition with the exact same application - just goes to show you its a crapshoot and not to give up hope if you're waitlisted! 
Also, does anyone know how common it is to get off waitlist? I truly didn't think it happened until it happened to me...