ikr. i got my application in on the 4th of jan and i'm still awaiting consideration........perhaps all the applications were excellent and they don't know what to do, hahaha. seems someone who applied before then did get looked at https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4492560 or perhaps the early applications were so good they can't be bothered to look at us. who knows, perhaps they are gonna wait until application period shuts on 27th april. anyway, good luck.