I contacted Penn today. I got a " I've sent your message along to Prof. Nathans, and he may be able to tell you where the committee is regarding its final decisions.
Good Luck to you." whomp.
They didn't specify. The response I got was
"All decisions regarding PhD applications will be released this week."
I emailed UCLA also...but no response.
Oh I see. I think it will always say "submitted" I was just curious to see if there was a change and a section titled "decision" popped up. There is still hope though!