No surprise. Generic email. They certainly took their time about it though! Thankfully I had other offers and have already accepted one of them.

I contacted the office and they said I am waitlisted...is ther anyone who is going to turn down the offer?? :(

off the waitlist

Off the waitlist

Brief email describing funding/stipend offer for 5 years.

Lovely email from POI with reference to funding & stipend for 5 years. Official offer from chair & dept. administrator to come.

Short-listed and interviewed by a faculty. Final decisions will be available in three to four weeks.

Email invitation to Skype/phone interview from POI

POI emailed asking for an interview before final decisions were made

Ummm good thing I called before! Official rejection received via email April 18th, just three days after the deadline..

Well, at least there's no possibility of an awkward changing of mind with the already submitted acceptance.

Just got the letter- they didn't respond to several requests to give me a status update. Seems like their quite incompetent and heard their dept is quite disorganized as well.

I asked for my final decision.

Turned down one of three wait list spots.

Gave up waiting and called the department, and received an unofficial rejection. I asked if all accepted or wait-listed candidates had already been notified and he said yes - so if you haven't heard anything back yet, it seems you're waiting on a rejection.