The Admissions Board does not "release" Appointments. The Admissions Board reviews applications, and determines whether the candidate is "qualified" fro admission. Then a separate part of the Admissions office (Nom's and Appointments) determines who among the nominated candidates is most qualified and makes the offer of appointment. This is a rolling process --some Appointments have already been made, but the vast majority hear in the February /March time frame. There are many threads on this Forum explaining this Forum explaining the process in great detail ,