It's great to have you on the same boat. If they have only one in their current roster, they might well want one more. In the case of Southeast Asianists, there are already plenty there....I got rejected or waitlisted pretty much everywhere else. Hope Cornell wouldn't disappoint us.....
Cheer up and keep in touch, pal!
Thank you! This is getting really exciting..... I am actually going to present at a grad conference at Cornell in March. Hope I don't have to introduce myself as a rejected candidate.
Thanks for the info. I am applying to do 18-19th century Southeast Asian history, the islands specifically. It's one of the country's few institutions that admits at least one SEAsianist in each cohort. Have you been in contact with your POI? Mine writes very brief replies to my emails
Good luck with your wait!