Sorry to hear about the rejection from UM. It seems like a pretty tough place to find a way into. For what it's worth, my (uninformed / conjectural) sense is that probably few people if any make it off the waitlist.
Congrats to those of you with plans for the fall--it's quite exciting! I take it that no one has heard anything from UW-Madison this week? Its radio silence from them, which is quite agonizing.
Hey all, longtime lurker / social welfare PhD applicant here. I applied to UW-Madison, Michigan, and Chicago. I see someone has received notification that they've been waitlisted at Wisconsin---has anyone heard anything else? Trying to determine what the waitlist result may mean for those of us who still haven't received any news.