Nothing has been updated yet for me, though I have three emails from UT-Austin---two from professors and one from the grad advisor, all congratulating me on being admitted( all dated 25th Feb, 2009). I have also had an informal chit-chat full of info about the university and Austin in general with one of the said professors and the other professor is very eager to chat with me as well.
The beauty of the whole thing is that both the professors were open about my decision to join any of the groups working there after joining the school. In fact they have advised me against taking any hasty decisions before informally working with the numerous research groups and finding out what I would really enjoy doing in the long term.
But the grad school website status check still says---
"We have received all credentials required to process your application. Your file has been forwarded to the Graduate Committee for review.
If you have questions regarding your application status, please contact the Graduate and International Admissions Center .
Thank you for applying to the University of Texas at Austin".
And there is nothing as yet on the department website to say that I've been admitted!
Well, does anyone know how the AI dept. there ranks with respect to those at UMich, UIUC, etc?