The latest interview date that somebody on SND reported they have been given a decision is 5/21 (at least that I could find). The last interview date Drexel had was 4/6. Furthermore, I imagine there might be people who interviewed before 5/21 who still haven't heard... My speculation for the cause of this delay is:
1: As Brian has said they are understaffed so it has taken longer than normal to process applications (most likely)
2: They have over-admitted and are waiting for people to commit before they send out any more decisions.
So (again, total speculation but why else are we here?) I bet they won't start pulling large amounts of people off the WL until after everybody who interviewed has heard back. I'm hoping this will be in the next week or two but it is impossible to say. My friend interviewed in April and was told that he wasn't interviewing for a spot on the waitlist, he was interviewing for potential acceptance. Granted, that is not a binding contract but I imagine Drexel will try their best to honor that.
On the bright side Brian said they did interviewed less people this year than they normally do due to understaffing so Drexel's post-II acceptance rate might be slightly higher?
This really is an unfortunate situation we are in and I am sorry for everybody. Please reach out if you wish to vent/ discuss.
- Anxious waitlister