I got an email from the department the first week of August stating that the department would be meeting tomorrow, August 18th, for the final decisions and sending out notifications on Wednesday, August 19th. Fingers crossed!
Yes, I applied, but I still haven't heard back :/ I finally broke down and called a few weeks ago to see what the usual timeframe was to post acceptance/declines. They said NLT August 15th. Would really like to hear something, good or bad before then.