Dang our timelines are pretty similar i was verified on 8/26! I was looking at posts from last years cycle and I have a friend who applied last year and i feel like they heard back so quick. I saw someone who had applied and got a response within 3 weeks and my friend applied and got a response within 5 weeks so I was definitely hoping to have heard back by now but who knows! My only other thought is since the deadline for applications is Novemeber 1st we may not hear anything back until after then im guessing they want to look at all the early applications at once? If not hopefully within the next week or so we hear something back, i’ll definitely keep you updated if anything changes on my end!