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This is so extremely helpful. I was assuming either waitlisted or rejected too but now I can at least be a bit hopeful as the 15th approaches.

Definitely. Contact either admissions or your POI. I'm still waiting on my top (and last hope) at Washington State. I finally emailed admissions last Monday and I was told that they are in the process of notifying applicants. Apparently that takes over a week Not sure if the long wait is a good thing or a bad thing. Good luck!

I am waiting on my last hope, my top choice, Washington State U in Zoology. I emailed admissions 5 days ago and they said they are currently notifying applicants. How long does that take?! If I'm not in I want to start looking/applying for jobs for the fall. Argh.

Hi there! I'm new to these forums and I'm slowly making my way through this thread. Since January I've been having mini panic attacks every hour or so waiting on decisions as I compulsively check my email. Conservation/landscape genetics is my main interest, so I figured I would fit well enough in this thread. I recently got rejection letters from UC Davis and Notre Dame and now I'm only waiting on Washington State university for a master's in zoology. I literally have no idea where I stand. My interets fall perfectly in line with three professors and I felt like my application showcased it well. Last year I was initially looking at conservation biology programs, but after talking with some researchers at the SD zoo I realized conservation genetics was actually what I wanted. And boy, I certainly had a bit of a rough time finding schools/professors that I liked and that were actually taking on master's students. I found and fell in love with WSU in early December, about a month before the app was due, and emailed all three of those professors. Never heard back from anyone. I thought maybe it was too close to the end of the semester/year so I tried again Jan 2nd, 8 days before the app was due. Still nothing. But I turned everything in early and now it's just this infamous waiting game. I'm so nervous to call and ask about decisions, but I'm not sure how much longer I can handle the stress. I was thinking about waiting until April 1st, so I don't seem too impatient. All I know is that all the professors' websites said they were looking for grad students. I'm mostly here in case anyone applied or knows anything about WSU zoology dept, and how I should go about checking in on my app status. I don't know much about zoology departments or if it usually takes long like ecology.