Larry David

To the person that just stated that they accepted Florida State, which programs did you decline your offer to?

We need the people that are accepted into the top 25 programs to commit. Once that occurs, things will move quickly because they will decline their offers from programs in the 30-50 range.

Has anyone received anything from Saint Louis University (SLU) yet???

Ok, one more attempt at soliciting information regarding the situation at Purdue University. Ultimately, I welcome any information!

Congrats on the successful cycle! Which waitlist offer are you waiting for to make a decision?

I am waitlisted at Purdue University. The email stated that they are admitting 6 students this cycle. There was no indication on whether or not the waitlist is ranked. Does anyone have any information? Specifically, if you have been accepted, are you planning to accept? If you are waitlisted, have you corresponded with the director of graduate studies and/or have any additional information? Thanks!

These comments are helpful. I especially appreciate your insight on certain program's strategy of "playing the numbers" with their acceptances, thereby making it unlikely that they will move to the waitlist. I would like to think that this is not standard practice. However, I have no epistemic grounding for this thought--hopeful thinking perhaps.

We are about a month away from deadline day. Here are a few thoughts: 1. With a few exceptions, the top 25 (and perhaps even the top 50) programs have released their acceptances (and waitlists). 2. Prospective student events are taking place now and during the next two weeks. I have already attended a few myself. Because of 1-2, at this point in time you should not be holding on to 7 acceptances. (I chose 7 because someone on the results page claimed to have this number.) You should absolutely decline a few of those offers asap. If you can honestly tell me that you are considering all 7 offers, then I am extremely disappointed in your lack of preparedness (learning about the programs you are applying to, meeting faculty and graduate students, and learning about the program including financial package) for this application cycle. For those that have around 3 acceptances. I imagine you are doing your due diligence the next couple of weeks (attending the prospective student event, meeting with faculty, etc.) and should be able to narrow your acceptances down to 2. For those that have an acceptance and are waitlisted at multiple programs that they would not chose over their acceptance, you should take yourself off the waitlist asap. This action is trivial to you but potentially substantial to others. If you have 0 acceptances and are on multiple waitlists, I hope you are staying mentally well during this difficult time! Finally, there are surely cases where it makes sense that someone is holding on to multiple acceptances. However, during the next week, I encourage everyone in this category to spend some time evaluating their acceptances and declining those offers that are realistically not in the running (including waitlists offers). I have spoken to a few of the programs I am waitlisted at and the DOG's state that their has been no movement. Since most of the (ranked) programs have released first round acceptances and some holding prospective events, the time is NOW to get the movement started.

Follow up: I did indeed get waitlisted at Purdue University. They have made offers to six applicants with no indication on how large their waitlist is. If you got accepted, I would love to hear from you. Specifically, are you planning to accept, where does Purdue rank on your list, etc. Thanks!

Purdue has sent out acceptances and rejections. I am assuming that I am on the waitlist since I have not heard anything from them. If anyone on here got accepted, please let me know if they indicated their cohort size or any other pertinent information. Thanks!

Is Purdue University releasing acceptances in waves? Someone reported an acceptance on March 2 and now on March 4. I welcome any information!

How do you rank your acceptances? "BC" refers to Boston College correct?

I am also curious about Boston College. Should we assume that we are on a the waitlist. According to the spreadsheet, people have only reported acceptance and rejection. In addition, has anyone received information from UBC (Vancouver)?

Can you elaborate on your Nebraska acceptance? What did they state in the email? Anything about cohort size (etc.)

Has anyone heard anything from the University of Florida? I cannot get a response.