| It is true that the process was overwhelmed by a marge larger cohort of interviews this year. They offered interviews to a larger number of people than in the past and this did overwhelm the alumni, it is a change in the system. Though it won't help you this year, I am sure they will learn from this and make adjustments next year.
By assigning more interviews to to the alumni, they are trying to make the process more consistent and fair across the board, having the semi-finalists be chosen by the larger group and the regional alumni interviewing more kids.
I am sorry this delay is happening to you. It is probably helpful you have posted as I am forwarding a synopsis to the alumni office so they can use it to improve the system |