To clear the record, today they said that absolutely no one will have decisions before January 1st. We were the last group interviewing this calendar year, and the adcom doesn't meet until after the new year. They wanted at least three rounds of interviews before the adcom met, and we were round #3. They said mid-January was the earliest anyone at all could expect a decision.
Also, can confirm that they said very few initial acceptances would be given out, with a large expected waitlist, since they just don't know who's going to pick an acceptance here over an acceptance somewhere else. Hopefully everyone backs out and leaves me a spot... my god, this place is wonderful. I want to go here so bad. 😍