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sorry to hear that @theonionring. sigh.  hopefully we both get into our other top choices!

sorry to hear that @theonionring. sigh.  hopefully we both get into our other top choices!

@itheproofofstupidity @WilliamWantPhD Yep just received the email as well!

I would just send an email to whoever sent your waitlist notice (director of grad program/admissions or secretary) and just reiterate your interest, and if true, your intention to accept their offer if extended. That's really about all there is to do. Then I'd check in again whenever they tell you to or about a week into April if they haven't gotten back to you 

thanks @Geococcyx and @blehperson for your responses and recommendations. I'm a bit hesitant now on how to exactly proceed. If its not too much trouble or hassle, @Stat PhD Now Postdoc and @bayessays , do you guys have any thoughts on how I should proceed or if I should do anything at all? thank you!

I'm an applicant like you, so be warned about my advice.  I don't really think I've ever heard someone on this subforum speak positively of contacting professors about admissions.  As such, I'd assume that you probably shouldn't contact the interviewing professor or director of graduate admissions -- your getting in probably has a lot to do with other people declining or accepting offers and very little to do with what you've been working on since your interview.  I would also think that your interest in the program would be assumed (people can withdraw from the waitlist if they want; you clearly haven't), so I do kinda doubt that you'd have to further state your interest, although I'm less sure of my opinion on that.
I would also assume that a status update on April 1st isn't really something to worry about, but I'm also guessing that it depends on the school.  If this is, say, NC State, and they have a gigantic waitlist that they outright state is unranked and they won't talk about it, then clearly don't ask.  If this is a school with a really small waitlist and who wrote to you to confirm you were still interested in being on the waitlist, asking about your status might be a bit more reasonable, albeit I'm still not sure it would be an outstanding idea unless they offered to be open to such requests.

My unqualified opinion: it can't hurt to write a letter to the admissions committee stating your continued interest and intention to accept the offer if accepted, and updating them with any news since you submitted your application. I'm not sure about contacting the professor directly, but maybe ask an admin to add the letter to your application? 

Just got into Ohio State for PhD in Statistics !!!! What a relief after the two rejects from Duke and CMU (which were not surprising but still). Good luck to everyone.

I am choosing between Columbia IEOR and Northwestern IEMS...  I think I may end up going to Columbia.  

thank you @itheproofofstupidity for your response. thanks @wishyourofferscoming for your encouragement. what places have you heard from/what schools are you deciding between @wishyourofferscoming ?  again congrats!

Anybody hear nothing from Chicago MS statistics as well?

thanks @Geococcyx ill try to hopefully stay optimistic.

@StuartLittle thanks. I applied to mostly purdue, davis, wisconsin range. 

Has Yale already given offers for MA in Statistics? I saw an acceptance today. I thought I would have a decent chance for masters sigh. thanks.

UIUC is very well known by large tech companies. It is a top 5 school in computer science for crying out loud!

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone was familiar with Illinois Urbana Champaign's PhD Statistics Program, if they could comment on how strong the department is (in particular the strengths and weaknesses of the department) and how the program compares to other state universities such as Wisconsin's PhD Statistics, Penn State's PhD Statistics, NC State's PhD Statistics, UCLA,? Thank you very much.  

Most of the top-tier Statistics programs have at least a couple very strong faculty who work in probability theory: Penn Wharton, Stanford, Berkeley all have some faculty who work in probability, e.g. Diaconis at Stanford, Bhattacharya at Penn Wharton, and Pitman at Berkeley. 
Below that, UNC-STOR is particularly strong in stochastic processes and applied probability (e.g. Bhadimi and Budhijara). For Markov chains, University of Florida is a world leader department in the area of MCMC theory, with world-renowned faculty who work on convergence rates and complexity analysis of Markov chains (e.g. Hobert and Doss).