catsAndML4Days

Hi -- data science undergrad (2017) here. I didn't even THINK any schools would get back to me because I was scared about not being "pure CS" or "pure stats". And my GRE quant/verbal was not perfect -- 160 and 160 respectively. But I said F it and I applied to 16 schools, both stats and CS PhD programs and have heard back from 5. 4 admits and 1 pending post interview (USC). So there's plenty of waiting to be done! Admitted to UCLA CS PhD a few weeks ago. I mentioned a prof in my SOP and we Skype interviewed this month. Soon after it was a pretty smooth transition with full funding. Also admitted to University of Oregon CS PhD (with interview), University of Waterloo Masters in Statistics (no interview), and Brown University CS PhD (with interview). Have hope and patience.

I'm on the same boat. I have a professor that submits right at the deadline and leading up to it, it makes me really nervous they're going to miss the deadline. Depending on the school, they actually go through a different order, like alphabetical order, rather than the order that you've submitted. I think you're going to be okay, but I'd still ping that professor every 3 days and just politely check in to see how they're doing.