According to the person who was in charge of reviewing the application, the number of applicants were off the roof due to the program's popularity. And within all the applicants, there were a large number of very impressive candidates and so it's hard for them to pick only 25 students (which is the number of students admitted every year). Contact J'aime Cohen for questions about admissions status. Her contact info is here: http://branding.sva.edu/