I am currently 29th in MA with a rating just under 1800 for NA. I have this strong feeling that some of the spots are going to be got by players in the 1875 rating range. It just feels that way to me. It is gonna be close to the T40 getting invites, due to the fact that there are 16 invites via the 3 Nationals. Let's say just for the heck of it, 1 of the players doesnt get in the T40 who gets a trip. Last Year the 40th place person in NA had a rating of 1898.XX. I have the strongest feeling that due to the fact of "less" evetns to play in and the fact that some of the events have a lower K value, that the ratings of players who make it in this year will be much lower than last year when you needed around 1980 or higher to get in when they only gave the T8 players (ended up being like T13 or so though).
JMO,
Drew