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I received a (very kind) personal email notifying me that Harvard leadership had decided not to admit any waitlisted students and that official letters would be posted to the portal for the waitlisted students over the next few weeks.

Finally got my rejection, too.

That’s actually what I was assuming happened, since both people who posted about acceptances this week said they had not been notified about being on the waitlist.

They said they weren’t on the waitlist (there is an actual waitlist that people were notified about earlier this month).

I have seen you posting about this across multiple forums, including grad cafe and Reddit, to the point that it feels like spam or trolling. I understand you are perhaps trying to help, but I gotta say, your approach is *not* helpful. Please stop trying to pressure people to accept offers ASAP, especially when your source is from UT Austin. That program is under a number of unique pressures (primarily due to state politics and policies) that do not apply to many other universities. Accepting a PhD offer is already a huge decision, and many of us are well aware of the threats the current administration poses to academia and research. None of us need more pressure in this process. Instead of trying to push people to quickly accept offers, I recommend that people discuss any concerns about funding stability with someone from the actual program(s) they’ve been admitted to. I have done this with the programs I have received offers from, and they have each walked me through why they are *not* concerned about being able to guarantee funding for admitted students and what funding options/resources their department has available.

Like @jaliren said, it’s not a rejection until it’s a rejection! I received a waitlist notification yesterday for a school I was certain had rejected me. And I have 3 other schools I haven’t heard from that have sent out acceptances. There’s still hope lol I’m hoping for good news for us both!

Oh, interesting! I know they released decisions for the joint program, too. I would be surprised if they don’t end up following up with you though. Maybe give them until the end of the month and then follow up if you haven’t heard back?

I would reach out to them…UMich released all of their decisions at once on Feb 12, including waitlists. I was notified by email, but I never had a portal update. If you didn’t receive an email, I would say reach out.

Congrats on the waitlist! Can I ask how you were notified?

Thanks. I hadn’t seen anyone post about being waitlisted at WashU, so this is helpful information

When did you receive the waitlist notification? WashU was my top choice (applied for AP), but I’ve heard nothing, so I’m assuming rejection 😭

According to UMich, they receive 320-375 applications and admit 5-10% in a typical year, so getting over 600 applications this year was quite an uptick.

No, it’s down for everyone.

Yeah, that’s been there the whole time.

Someone just posted an acceptance for Duke, but I remain skeptical lol

There are now 4 people reporting being waitlisted for Duke…but still no acceptances. I am so confused and stressed. 😩

Congrats! Which Duke subfield did you apply under (since they don’t use the standard subfields)?

It is weird that Duke waitlist seems to be going out before acceptances, unless they did go out and no one posted about it? I’m also waiting on Duke and Michigan…and several others. 😬

Yale will probably be closer to mid-February, just based on prior years. In 2024, acceptances were sent between Feb 16 and Feb 20, rejections were sent starting Feb 20. In 2023, it looks like both acceptances and rejections were sent on Feb 10. And in 2022, decisions were sent out on Feb 24. Duke could be any day now? It also seems like they release acceptances in waves, so who knows. I didn’t apply to UPenn, but it looks like they tend to send out decisions later in February or early March.

I’m basing it on the specific stats the user provided. I remember seeing the GRE total of 342 before and having the same reaction of “that math isn’t mathing…” lol. I just went back and looked for it and found they had made 4 submissions in a row for different programs that used the same GPA, GRE scores, etc…so I’m just assuming they were all the same person.

I think they are adding all of the scores together (167+170+5). That person has posted several updates so far, including UCSD, LSE, and Berkeley, which they posted a couple days ago. The date may just be a mistake (like entering 05/02 instead of 02/05)?

I think it’s a troll. I don’t think anyone has reported being notified by phone in the past, and it would be super early for Yale. They doesn’t usually send out acceptances until mid-February.

Fit matters for every program. Also, UW is admitting a much smaller class this year—about half as many as normal because they had a larger cohort last year. I also think they may be doing multiple rounds of cuts and that this is just the first round. I interviewed with UW last week and was told I was in the “long list” and that they would be making a round of cuts this week. My application status hasn’t changed so far.

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