TTPB: Lol, thanks for keeping the agonizing wait entertaining ;)

0a/1r/7p. A generic rejection letter. Disappointed, but well...it's Stanford. Just getting more and more nervous.

Last one! All rejections and one waitlist. Not that surprised.

The last Stanford comment is although valid that people are crowding here by asking too many questions. But one shouldn't start commenting on someone's research skills by their spiked anxiety.

Rejected after interviews with 4 faculty. It's a bummer, but they only let in 1 in 20 applicants.

4 years of research. 1 first-author journal pub + 5 others. 2-3 years of leadership in student orgs. Multiple national scholarship awards. Prestigious internships. Top ~40 undergrad school. Might try again next year.

rejected without interview

Rejected after interview

To the person commenting below, I have been waitlisted as well. Anyone who can shed light on what happens next?

Quick and short email from the department. Didn't feel like a form reject though.

Top choice.....

2 journal papers, 1 accepted and 1 submitted. Average GRE (318). 3.8 GPA in MS from top 100 US univ.

who cares I didn't even want to go anyway

Long shot anyway! Still disappointed. Received mail to check activity page for the decision letter

Emailed to check portal which contained a generic rejection letter. Had contacted POI earlier on so wasn't surprised with the result. Appears that the committee wasn't so interested compared with the POI in recruiting me.

Rejection sent at 5:11 PM PST. Received an email saying to check my decision letter on the activity status page. Applied for the PhD program directly from my bachelors degree (this is the first year they've allowed that). Never had an interview, so after I didn't get one, I knew my chances were nil. Apparently they only interview ~40 people, then admit about half or so of those (~20 people). If you're looking at this in a future application cycle, you're pre-selected by a faculty committee then interviewed, you don't need to contact anyone beforehand to get an advantage or anything. I know how much of a time-commitment contacting professors can be, but you don't have to worry about that here. They reach out to you!