YC Winter 2012 Applicants Live Web Chat

A group of my friends, from Oklahoma, claim to have been contacted by YC about their application a month ago, or so. I'm wondering if it's more common for the groups being considered for the invite out for the in-person interview to be contacted ahead of the 31st date.

From what I've heard, it is not uncommon for YC to send out clarification questions. However, I have no idea how that correlates to interview invites.

http://wompt.com/chat/yc/

cool!