Ignore the status. I haven't yet received any notification from Chicago anthropology. Is there anyone who got any kind of response?

Had an interview last friday (1/26) and got accepted and offered the Neubauer Family Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship on Tuesday.

Checked the portal today and got waitlisted. Would really like to go, so if you are not going, please turn it down!

GPA is Masters. Received an email referring to the personal account and found a generic answer there. A bit disappointed since was encouraged by the POI before the application. Suppose that I was rejected because I have no historical background (art history instead) and IELTS writing 6.5 (instead of 7.0), other exam sections are better. But it is just a assumption. Good luck for everyone guys!

GPA is from my Master's/ 14 conferences (national/international) / 3 publications/ TA experience/ RA experience/ multiple research grants/ a bit bummed because a POI said I am a “good fit” for the program but it seems like this is just part of their “script” for prospective students

CMT: 1 First Author Publication, 2 Coauthor Publications, 1 Springer Book Chapter.

The decision was posted to my application portal but I never received an email notifying me that the application status had changed so I'm not sure what day it was posted

3.9 undergrad GPA, 4.0 Graduate. Two masters degrees in history with highest honors, multiple publications, internships, and conference presentations. Deferred to the masters, but I won't take an offer there as I've been accepted elsewhere with funding. Specialization in Modern European History