So, 6+ weeks later I had not heard whether I got in the program yet or not and I leave tomorrow on two weeks vacation so I finally broke down to email and ask as politely as I could what's with the application status. They write back that everything will be in as soon as they get the "commentary" needed and I reply that I'm not sure I know what commentary they are talking about but if it is the essay I was supposed to write, I turned that into the director by email June 6, but here's another copy. . . Oops, thanks for that and she'll get right on it but the director is on vacation until August 9, then the committee will meet and decide and she'll get back to me soon after that.

I'm taking the main/first recommended textbook with me on vacation, assuming I am going to get in.