Got dinged too. This was my best prepared application with good numbers and great interview. In addition, I do not belong to an over competitive pool. Unable to understand what went wrong.
R1:
VirtualM - accepted
lanter1- submitted and interview set for 1/14; accepted
Iwannabe - submitted and interviewed; accepted
SkiC - accepted
kirank - accepted
sperinko - Pending adcom decision (to decide if I should be interviewed); dinged
gmat_march - submitted and still stuck on 'pending'/no interview, and loosing patience! dinged
kingKREEP - application definitely used as toilet paper and no, no interview; dinged
MiamiMBA - submitted before R1 deadline, no interview invite; dinged
spideyeclipse27 - submitted by R1 deadline but recommender was late by 2 weeks; dinged
R2:
svrider -
dingedillusion -
dingedjeepbilly - invited to interview
nervousgmat - submitted 12/29; invited to interview 2/13
thunderdogg - submitted 1/1
tsaditya - submitted 1/3
strategery - submitted 1/3