Re: UW
My take is that the people we talk to don't really know what's going on. They are just giving approximate times, and since February was the estimated time of notification for the early deadline, they just keep repeating that.
This is their first year doing this early action/regular deadline and I got the feeling that nobody truly knew how that was going to work (whether they would have rolling admissions, or two pools of applicants based on estimated number of total applicants...). Besides, since classes start towards the end of September, they have been known to take their time with admissions.
I applied mid-December so I'm not expecting to hear back from them until April.
Congratulations to all who have been accepted!