I got an offer that wants a decision by the end of month.
My feeling is: i'm an international student, my GRE quant scores were "meh", and I have an offer on the table that makes me happy. Emboldened, I reached out to all the remaining US programs I applied to this morning who've all had my file since some point in December, trying to get a timeline on a decision.
Clark's admissions department said "the next few weeks - likely by first week in March". I'll call the program director or reach out to individual profs next Monday if I don't hear by then.
I sent emails to Anthro @ Penn, and Geography @ UGA also. Both of them have likely sent out their first round already - so I may not be providing news to anyone on that front, but may be helpful to those of us in limbo.
I understand why people are hesitant to reach out, but you could also argue that boldness might be a characteristic that some departments look for. Based on these threads over the years, I would appear to hold a minority opinion on the matter.