Junior, this is my guess, based on scanner results.
I've seen that anyone who did FP in beginning 2001 is still waiting, and everyone who did FP in mid 2001 is approved. I mean, the difference is STARK. I am talking 99% of cases.
And the difference in FP times, is largely governed by where you did your FP. For example, San jose people did it in may'ish. And practically all of them are approved, where as LA people did it in January'ish, and practically all of them are waiting.