This is what a professor had emailed me when I reached out to them : Thank you to submitting you application to my website. Your profile has been assessed as highly competitive, being one of the top candidates that have contacted me. While this does not mean that me or my colleagues will give you an offer, you should take this email as an indication that your chances of getting an offer are higher than average. I will therefore invite you apply. If by some reason I do not end up making offers this year, I will personally forward your application to potential colleagues. Today they rejected me. This is why I have trust issues :)

Email to check the portal

5 years work experience, published research

Email to check the portal.

DrPh rejection via portal, no email notification yet.

The notification was in the application portal as of about 1 PM EST - no email yet indicating status change.