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Sorry schools that admit via phone or mail may span the longest. Naturally, an email from the director of graduate studies is the quickest and most uniform way since they can send numerous acceptances the same day.

Most schools do waves of acceptances--usually over a week or so. Schools that notify via email or phone may span two weeks it seems like. Rejections seem to come after acceptances. Usually in the form of a standard email from what I have read. That being said, some students may be notified late that they are waitlisted, which is why some people say no news is good news (based on past years forums). These are speaking broadly, not every school adheres to this and this is my interpretation of what others have posted in the past.

Mine also says "awaiting program decision" for Minnesota. So I wouldn't pay too much attention to their website's status.

Accepted into UNC and Minnesota--two of my top choices. In case people are curious, my undergraduate GPA is 3.9, 1350 GRE, and a co-authored publication in a top journal. Just a BA from a small public university. UNC's visit is in late February, Minnesota's is late March. Good luck everybody. I was worried about UNC since they have already contacted others. But since they seem to be doing phone calls I think it just takes longer to notify everybody--especially since a professor you hoped to work with seems to call you.