To answer a few questions that I know...
They place people on the waitlist at the same time that they are rejecting and accepting (~35-40 people are placed on this list, no one was pulled off of it last year and they had an increased class size last year...also the list isn't ranked and when a place opens up they re-review the list)...to fill a class of 128 they offer almost double that number in acceptances (typical for most schools), they are interviewing less people this year so that means that you have an almost 2/3 chance of acceptance once you make it to the interview (the interview in/out state proportional to their acceptance numbers) ...interviews are on wednesdays, the committee meets on wednesdays...so that means the letters of yes/no/maybe will take 4-5 weeks (for me it took 3.5 weeks) and everyone gets a normal legal sized envelope so you have to open it to find out what the verdict is (they mail all of the paperwork once you have put down the deposit), your interviewers don't sit down with the board...the board reads their write-up on you...(so give them something to write about
) I got the invite to interview over winter break and took the first interview slot available...wednsday ~4 weeks later. hmmm...I think that was most of the questions...they are really open and informative at the interview session...any other questions?