Should I ask POI whether the interviewing process has started?

[eveywhere]

Luckily my current advisor was willing to introduce me to my POI at a school I applied to through email.

He replied:  "the department does admissions first with interviews with faculty, so we are scheduling those with a subset of the candidates soon. "

But that was 10 days ago and I still haven't heard back from the school.

Would it be reasonable to email POI and ask him whether the interview process has started? or should I just wait patiently...? 

It's just very nerve-breaking because I see other applicants reporting their interviews with the same program. 

 

[CharlieR]

I would wait. If they have decided to give you an interview they will. They might not give you one but still offer you a place because they know your current advisor for instance.

In my cohort, I am the only one that did not get an interview, and obviously we all got in.

I know its hard but the waiting game is part of the applications and it is still very early.