Sheesh - you guys sure do work yourself up into a tizzy sometimes.
Why does this matter? This has is no bearing on your application cycle. The concept is simple: it is like 32 chairs at the table. If somebody gets up, then the chair is empty, and someone else can be offered the spot. calendar date has no bearing on when or whether that person decides to get up. Therefore, acceptances can come at anytime now. But to be certain: What people did in the past will not help you this year.
Again, how does this information help you?
? Not quite sure what you are asking here? People have been rejected. People have been accepted. People have been put on hold. Hope that helps.
Go to second look if you are interested in the program. If you don't attend it doesn't have any bearing on your potential acceptance. Ok?
Just to clarify, this is not true. I know people may think this, and every year people want to believe getting an invite to second look means they are going to be accepted, but sadly it isn't true.
Sigh. Every year. Never fails. Let me answer with a thought question: what if I told you there is a rank-order assigned to every person, but NOBODY is accepted based on this order? Can you say the list is ranked? Can you say the list isn't ranked?
Listen, the "adcom" isn't a massive faceless committee. It is a core group of people who volunteer their time to make the best class they can. You guys minimize the efforts of the committee by thinking they simply auto dial the next person on a preformed list as soon as someone withdraws. Much like during the interview invitation process there is a lot of "soft" information that is considered before making additional acceptances.
This is the first true statement in a while.
tl;dr: chillax
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