If you applied with aid and you are waitlisted...

Graduate School
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<p>If you applied with aid and you are waitlisted…, does that mean even if you get in you most likely won’t get any aid??</p>

<p>also do applications being considered for fellowships take a longer review time??
My housemate applied to the same program as I did except that she applied without aid. She got her acceptance letter 2 weeks ago and I am still waiting on mine… I am hoping I am being considered for aid but I am more convinced that I am waitlisted now… I am getting less and less optimistic.
I am still not sure if they would look at the applications differently and make decisions based on aid requested or not.</p>

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<p>This question cannot be answered with any degree of certainty.</p>

<p>Some programs do admit students who will pay their own way separately from (and earlier than) others. Most do not. This is more common in MA/MS programs than in PhD programs.</p>

<p>Often, students who do not hear in the first round of admission are indeed waitlisted, and will not be admitted until some of the first round admittees decline the offers and go elsewhere.</p>

<p>You could spend days wondering what the case is for you, but you have no way of knowing how this particular program operates. </p>

<p>Hang in there, and best wishes to you.</p>