I don't really have answers for you, what I have noted is they sent out a batch of merchandise emails recently. It probably depends on how people answer a question, how they do on the interview. What I did do was check a lot of roles, except the ones that I didn't really want. I did get one of my top 3 and I do have experience in merchandising.
From what I have read, being pended isn't the end and you could very well receive an answer next week or weeks after, keep in mind character auditions are ongoing and people might open up roles. I am guessing it largely depends on what roles a person wants, if they have already been filled and if the person is a match for it. And you can be in a ton of organizations but it matters how you answer the questions like in any interview. I can't particularly say what I did "right" as I am not sitting on Disney's end of the interview. I was honest, I listed what I wanted it, I have to admit I wasn't particularly interested when I looked up this program, I have only known it existed for a week due to a sign I saw on campus.
One thing that might have counted in my favor is I am a junior going on to be a senior and I said that this is one of my last opportunities to search out things like this and it is why I am looking for them, which is the truth. Junior year is the year to start doing internships, next year I will not have the same opportunities as I will be a senior of 2014.