Hail oh mighty knolwedgable OMJ... (BTW - thx for the interview FAQs, gave me a way to pass time till we get the answers, plus they are very helpful).
While we're at it, maybe you (or someone else of course), could say if those who heard early was because they are good or rather that they submitted early their application, or maybe even just pure and plain luck.
And going one step further, of those, how many got in???
If my boss knew about this application and how it effected my productivity he'd personally go to Fonty to give me an answer so I could go back to work (probably he'd opt for a negative one....)