The count is from the estimate that if TPTB made an extremely quick decision, either way, and mailed The Cards out last Friday, the earliest mine could have reached here is Monday. Making this Day 3.
Don't laugh about the quick decision part. I still have bitter memories of a job interview while in grad school. One of the best interviews I've EVER had, with a company about 50 miles from the school. Was sure I was going to get a call to come up and talk with the hiring managers. Instead, I got an FOAD letter THE NEXT DAY!!! They had to have mailed it almost before the interview to get to me in less than a day.
I found out later that the big bosses at the company had decided to put in a hiring freeze, unbeknownst to the people they were sending out to the local colleges to interview candidates. But they still had to have mailed it the day of the interview. Why waste everyone's time when the hiring freeze was a possibility?
Oh, FOAD? It's an acronym for what I called my rejection letters, representing what the company is really telling you. The last three letters stand for "Off And Die". You can figure out the meaning of the first letter.
And in the light of the other threads today, I have to say "Gee, an actual on-topic post!"
or a happy postcard 
,although a few here have received neither and some have just had a phone call soon after the audition and taped shortly thereafter (mostly limited to those in the NYC area).
