Salad Dodger,
I've got this friend
who went to see the AAC before he attended the RCB Brief and got shedded in the bar the night before the interviews. Admittedly these sponsorship interviews are not quite as important or final as the Selection Interviews which go on whilst at Sandbags, but he felt he had made his mark and had a bloody good night with his new found friends.
He was then offered sponsorship and went on the pass both RCBs and Flying Grading. Are you saying that he's got a pretty good chance of getting in when he attends these interviews in week 30 or so of RMAS?