may be a lot
During Oct2000 and Nov2000 , VSC processed 140 applications very fast.
I got mine approved in Nov 2000. My PD is March 98, so i did not have
to wait for date becoming current. This is mostly the case with lot of people who applied in Regular labour proceess (NOT RIR ). Also see
the immitracker.com , Nov 2000 to Jan2001 have lot of entries.
So it looks like there could be lot of applications during this time.