Glyeen

they never updated the status since Jan15

I agree with this. rejected by several not-such-strong schools didn't mean that you won't get in the top program. Since mostly some small schools can't provide you many courses that you want which mentioned in your SOP. I met this situation when I contacted several small schools later and they apologized to me about that. and there was also an example from my friend: he accepted an admission from a school without any financial aids, and at the end he admitted by brown/upenn(sorry i confused) with whole fellowship package. so, don't worry now(and worrying didn't help...) bless

after the deadline the program set around eight weeks and the status on the website are still pending, and you didn't receive any notifications, that probably you may call them or write a note to them . because sometimes that would be delaying from the department decided to updated the grad web, usually after two months the department would have their initial decisions about admission, at least about who would be rejected. fish for that via secretaries.

at least i guess they didnt kick you out yet because they will bring you bad news if you checked. but if they neither implied you good news or bad news, that probably they are really deliberating now. good luck