DaisyDays

Might be a silly question but as someone who has only received one formal rejection (no word from several other programs): why don't they send out rejections once they have selected their finalists/interviews? Is there any point to this limbo?

Gonna be real, I am extremely skeptical of the results saying Iowa interviewed/accepted in February. This seems to be such a radical departure from past years... given the mid-January deadline, I'm thinking it's some weird situation (or perhaps a troll, however unlikely).

First time applicant here. I applied to Carnegie but didn't get an interview request... wondering if I should assume the worst