Acceptance without interview.

Phone call from the Administrative Director. An official announcement should be made via email within one week.

I was expecting the decision to come around 6:00PM ET as the portal had been updated yesterday around the same time without the decision. Checked the portal just now, no email received yet.

Was told I am on top of waitlist for funding

got rejected by all the universities I applied to. I was rejected from all the top-30 spectrums, and it was only NYU and UCLA left. I was completely hopeless and making plans to find a real job and maybe reapply next year, and suddenly I get this email saying I got in. I have no pre-doc nor research experience or anything like that. I hold a BA in Math (5 years) and a master's in Econ (2 years) from a third-world university. Keep up the hope!! somehow you all will do it.

GPA is grad. If you were accepted and received better offers, please decline. This is my top choice.

Finalist interview. The interview was held two days later, on 02/27, by two faculty members. One seemingly distracted and clearly in a rush. The other was highly engaged and interested, asking questions, taking notes. The interview focused primarily on my PhD research and proposal. Was told I should hear back from them in 10 days-2 weeks.

Offered masters admission instead

First acceptance!

Received an email that asked to check my application status in NYU grad portal?m, where they posted a decision on my application.