Why are so many applications opening in Jan??

I was under the impression that most of the applications would open in Feb/Mar. Why have almost half of the major EB/BBs opened applications literally days into the new year?? In what world are people supposed to network within such a short time frame... I'm scrambling right now because I was planning to do the bulk of my networking in the months of January and February. 

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If it says networking, it's US.

Unless mentioned specifically, no one cares about the UK. Always assume US.

 

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