Got email today. A big surprise.
Received date was 09/30, approval date 10/28.
Seems there are lots of good news in TSC recently
A little background:
fresh PhD in chemical engineering, research and work in environmental field
2 journal papers, 7 conference papers, no citations
10 letters (3 from gov agencies, 4 from universities, 3 from my company, 5 of them are independent)
I am so grateful to all the people that helped me during the application.
Also, I got a lot of useful information and help from this forum which I deeply appreciate.
I guess now there is not much to do but wait patiently. Hopefully everything will work out right.
Wish everyone good luck in his/her quest.