Hi Stories,
Thank you so much for your response. The wait is nerve wrecking. I emailed Yale on the 25th of Jan to check on the status and was told that they were reviewing applications...
I was accepted into the Pitts program and have an interview with Columbia next week. Yale is my first choice and thus my 'misery'.
I also applied to Yale (EMD) and haven't heard anything yet, so you're not the only one. I, too, have already had success elsewhere, so the lack of communication this late in the game seems weird to me. I'm thinking it's probably a lost cause, but that's Yale for you - I had similar experience applying there for my master's. Anyway, good luck to you!