Waitlist email from ME committee. If you know you will go elsewhere or reject the offer, please notify them early as it might help people like me :)

3 publications (3x corresponding author). Peer-reviewer. 3x waitlisted by Purdue in 3 year in a row. I have lost hope in them.

Got waitlisted on February 19. They asked me to confirm by March 2 whether I wanted to remain on the waitlist.

Submitted the application on Jan 3rd, accepted on Feb 16th.

Submitted the application on Jan 3rd, interviewed on Jan 15th, got accepted on Jan 30th.

Funding came a few days later, no GRE

Applied with 3.66 after 7 semesters (out of 8), applied as a domestic student with BSc. from outside US. Co-authored 3 Q1 publications, 1 first author conference.