I sent an e-mail to a staff member at Rutgers inquiring about the status of my application. The reply was that not all offers have been made yet. It would be sweet if people would do that at some of the other programs (e.g. NYU and Princeton!)...I really hate sending such e-mails, but it appears to me that they don't go beyond staff members and that it goes basically un-noticed.
applied: mit, nyu, rutgers, princeton. no word, bad odds.
congrats to person on usc. i think usc is the best place to study language. of course, ur AOS is phil logic, so usc probably isn't ideal in your mind, but those dudes would be excellent to work w/ nonetheless. soames is a warrior.