1st-author Q1, TOEFL 106, committee interview

I applied to a graduate program for Fall 2026 back in early December. Yesterday, I logged into my Admissions MyAccount and noticed the “Graduate Student Checklist” (the post-admission one) had appeared in my portal. However, my application status still shows “Under Program Review.” Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a system glitch, or does it usually mean a decision is coming soon? Just trying to figure out if this is normal or if I should reach out to my department. Thanks for any insight!

2 journal publications (1st and 2nd author)

No GRE, notified about interview on Feb 13th!

Email from POI asking to set up a zoom meeting to learn more about the program and research group

4 summers, 4 semesters of research in academic and industry positions.

When I went to check my application status, it was showing 'Denied'.

IELTS- 8.5, applied with a generic response from a professor, later got rejected by the professor without an interview. So, rejection was forthcoming.

CMP - No GRE.

Ignore waitlist, has anyone heard from Iowa State University?

They just sent me an email , I do not know why they waited this long just to reject an application. luckily I got an offer already. anyway the GPA is for masters.