In response to earlier requests that posts be more detailed/specific and recent news from schools, here is my updated "heard back" list with the school, program, date & method I heard back, and when I plan to visit (too much info, I know, but people were asking...):
UT Austin (Biochemistry), heard by email 12/15, visiting 1/28
UNC Chapel Hill (BBSP), heard by email 12/29, visiting 2/11
UW Madison (IPiBiochemistry), heard by phone 1/4, visiting 2/18
UIUC (Chemistry), heard by email 1/5, visiting 3/19
Stanford (Chemistry), heard by phone 1/13, will select visit date from 2/25, 3/4, or 3/11
UC Berkeley (Chemistry), heard by email 1/15, will select from same weekends as Stanford
MIT (Chemistry) waiting
Caltech (Chemistry) waiting