Waitlist likelihood?

[ClassyBrat420]

In my research I've been finding wildly disparate answers, as well as many that don't seem relevant because they are for different kinds of programs. What do folks think the likelihood is of getting funding when you're already accepted but on a funding waitlist? I'm supposedly #2. If you answer thank you in advance I'm dying over here.

[nooorebecca]

Do you know how many people are accepted each year or how big a typical cohort is? I feel like #2 is very likely to get funding if a program accepts and enrolls large numbers but would be much less likely at a very small program that only offers acceptances to a few people, just by sheer numbers since someone is gonna turn their offer down if there's enough people given offers. I feel like you could probably email and ask about their cohort size and number of funded offers, it seems like the kind of information any school would be willing to share

[ClassyBrat420]

@nooorebecca Thanks, it's Syracuse so their cohorts are REALLY small. Though, it's unclear to me whether PhD and MA students are in the same pool with the same cohort number or whether they're separate. The website only seems to provide information about the PhD program, and I don't see any MA students listed in their student profiles either on the department website. I'm going to visit the campus for the prospective grad student event at the end of the month, so I think I'll wait to ask in person.