Thanks for the information @SgtDonut ! That makes so much more sense now. I can't say I like my chances of getting off the waitlist, only four or less out of ten accepting seems like a longshot. We will see though!
I am curious as to where people got the information that Stanford admitted only 5 people that the results page seems to indicate. I got waitlisted there, and in their email, they said they admitted 10. I'm not sure if anyone has any insight, but thank you all for your help regardless!
Thanks so much for the information @pistachiomacaron ! It's good to know others are still waiting for decisions too. I irrationally feared my application got lost somehow. I am still waiting to hear from them and it's now the 11th week since I submitted. I will probably reach out early next week if I still hear nothing. I will let you know what they say. Best of luck to you too!
Did anyone apply to LSE by any chance? It's rolling admissions, and they say it takes roughly 8 weeks after your date of submission for them to release a decision. I'm going on ten weeks now and still have heard nothing. It's been "under consideration by the department" pretty much the whole time. I'm curious if anyone has heard anything from them as well as whether one's application passes onto a stage after "consideration by the department" before a decision is made. I'm American and am unfamiliar with the UK system and the timelines on these things. Thanks so much for the help!