Thanks for sharing! Considering you were in contact with this professor, did you or will you contact him again to ask what happened? I know in some cases, not all professors pre-screen applications and only participate in the interview round. That is tough, though. I hope you get some good news if you haven't already!
What are everyone's thoughts on asking a department post-rejection for feedback if it doesn't explicitly say not to contact them for it? I go back and forth of it maybe coming off too interrogative when I want to show a gracious curiosity and continued interest. I'm thinking of framing it in terms of what I can do from now on rather than what was wrong with my application since I would like to apply again in the future. Or should I just hope the work I do from now on until the next application season will do the trick?
Based on the results, I should be expecting rejections from a couple programs soon :/ Sending good thoughts to those of us still waiting for some good news!