i sent in my fee over a month ago....just about gave up and was waiting for a rejection letter but got teh e-mail for teh phone interview today! fyi, my fee was processed arond 8/4.
Congrat loomis, best of luck. Not to be patronizing, but be sure to check out the interview feedback section on SDN if you haven't already. They had most of the questions from last year's phone interview.
Okay...here's proof that there's still hope. my file was verified on 7/29 and I JUST heard today about the phone interview! apparently the admissions director was out of town last week and all the files have been on backlog. keep hoping!