Thanks, lgibb. I've pretty much resigned myself to applying again, but some tiny corner of my heart just won't let go of the idea that it *might* happen.
My exit interview was originally scheduled for late June (which they knew!! I told Stella I'd be out of the state for three weeks and she said she'd put that in my file) - so I had to reschedule. It's now July 31 or something like that. I figure, I'm pretty sure the only glaringly wrong thing on my app is my MCAT, so I'll submit AMCAS within the next couple weeks but only list one school that I'm not head-over-heels crazy about, deal with the MCAT, and see what happens. If the MCAT score sucks, or if C. Teitz has some other beef with my app, then I won't bother to add schools. If Teitz gives the all clear and the MCAT score is good, I'll add on schools. It'll still be later than ideal, but hopefully not HORRIBLY so.
But yeah, given how much emphasis everyone (at least on SDN, but I've heard the same elsewhere) puts on applying early, not getting feedback so you can submit AMCAS until August puts us a little behind in the game. If we'd gotten rejected outright, we'd be better off, timeline-wise... although they *might* then have more severe critiques of our apps that wouldn't be fixable without another year off. Or not - who knows why they reject.
Writing another personal statement makes me want to gouge my eyes out. With a fork.
Any other waitlisters still lurking and want to share their plans for next year?
