I received my unconditional offer last autumn, I applied for the year 2014. So excited to start in September!
I really don't know if AUB is hard to get into, I sent my application almost two months after the deadline and they asked for my portfolio. After that I got a conditional offer, only needing to do an IELTS test more to get the conditional offer as an international applicant. So after the test I got my conditional offer :-) I was so happy! Good luck to everyone with your applications and interviews!!!