I think GPA doesn't matter as much as the avg grade in the prereqs.
My GPA from my whole degree is about a B I think because I had such a poor first year, but the avg of the prereq courses I listed...
When I got in, it seems like the emails weren't all sent at exactly the same time. I got my email at around 8pm, I assume they probably started during business hours. Honestly though, the notification...
The associate dean academic is a mutual family friend, she's not on the admissions board - but I met with her in the fall to just get more info on the format of the program and she gave me some...