Graduate application to Brown U DEEPS - I was interviewed virtually by the POI in October 2020 and was strongly recommended to apply. AND the POI informally welcomed me to the research group at the end of the interview.
Last week though, I contacted my POI and I was told that they have submitted their ranked lists (I'm in the list) to the admission committee, and now admission committee is working on the final decisions based on the available budget, the rankings, and balancing requests across the department. This is the part that totally confused and concerned me about the final results. Do you know what the ranked list is? I need your opinions as I'm dying here from anxiety! ?