missamericana

My application portal for UVA was updated last Friday to say that I was waitlisted. I had interviewed with a professor there earlier in the month and they emailed me this week to let me know about the waitlist as well.

Unfortunate for those of us who haven't heard back and are just waiting on official rejections - but congratulations!

I don't have any practical advice about reaching out re: waitlists, but I will say that I'm sorry about the waitlist result and totally understand the sense of it being a bit of a mixed bag in terms of how to feel about it. I'm still waiting to hear from Berkeley (like you - my top choice and the longer I wait, the more anxious I become even though I know that's not going to change the situation at all). Wishing you all the best of luck hearing from the rest of your schools and I hope you're able to lean on some friends and family, even if it does have to be virtual for the time being!

I saw that yesterday as well, and like you, I'm hoping it means that results will be posted for everyone who applied to Berkeley in the next week or so. It would be really nice to hear back from even just one school at this point!

Just a quick question - I noticed the results showed that someone was waitlisted from Ohio State University. Is it normal for waitlist notifications to come this early in the new year?

I'm pretty sure all of the schools I applied to had the exact time listed - not necessarily on the department's website, but always within the application portal or the general application details.