I've been waiting for a PBE account for 3 months. My friend just applied and got one instantaneously

Perhaps you've been reported a few times and your friend has a much cleaner record? Or is your friend a longer veteran of league, and he's being viewed higher because of that?

Or most easily, maybe he applied before you and forgot about it, then reapplied and it just happened he got it very quickly thereafter?

They have systems in place, it's not like it's luck based.

Try applying again? Cuz um...I "applied" months ago and never got anything, and then 20 seconds ago after reading this thread I decided to go apply again and I got in instantly as well. Heh.

I tried applying again, got nothing. I have never been banned. I dont think I have a bad record, I barely type in chat anyway. I have been playing the game for more time, but I never was interested in ranked while she was (she is gold something). That is the only difference between us I can point out.

It also depends what they are looking for. Sometimes they are looking for specific roles, skill levels, champs, play amounts, etc. Also, re-apply

I have been waiting for a year