I know when I applied for NYU's Dramatic Writing program (and my friend said the same thing when she applied the year before) in 2005, they sent out the acceptance letters a week before the rejection letters.
I remember hearing about all of the kids getting accepted. People in the program said it didn't mean anything if you hadn't heard from them yet.... which was false. Because the rest of us posted on the forum a week later saying we were rejected. So.... usually, acceptees get their letters first.
Bill Finn rocks. Woot.