NUgirl, thanks so much. i guess applying soooo early really does help. too bad my top choices (NOVA being one of them),,,didn't contact me before i bought airline tix for a few other places. oh well,,,,they'll be good practice, good BUT EXPENSIVE practice to say the least. haha.
anyway, NOVA contacted me by letter (actually a huge yellow envelope priority mail). it had all sorts of papers to sign (dress code, etc.) along with much other stuff. i thought i heard of them contacting applicants by phone in the past (seemed believable since application asked for times we could be reached during the day...but i had VERY limited times, so maybe that's why i got a mail offer invitation).
hope this helps. let me know when you hear.