We already had this discussion in the previous pages of the thread. Some people have really high GPAs and really high GRE score. And they had only a December update. Also, the entire application process is a complete black box. You could get rejected or turned down for the dumbest reasons: like the transcript that is to be submitted is a *scan of the official transcript*. Not an unofficial transcript. Or ARO is running late in reviewing proposals, more so due to COVID.