Updates on Waitlist Status?: How good are Programs About Letting You Know if someone else ahead of you accepts an offer

[EyelandPychePhD]

Question regarding Clinical/Counseling Psychology PhD waitlists:

Are most schools pretty good about notifying a person on the waitlist, if the applicant ahead of them accepts the offer before April 15th? Or have some experienced being left in the dark until April 15th, even if the candidate ahead of them accepted long before then? I am the first alternate on a waitlist at my top choice, and can't seem to stop myself from wondering if they will tell me right away if the candidate ahead of me accepts the slot.... or, if they'll keep me in the dark until April 15th if that candidate accepts the offer..?

Edited February 18, 2021 by EyelandPychePhD