more delays

I emailed the recruiter asking about the email that said I had not been placed.  Apparently I still have a chance.  She says wait till Feb 10th.  I will find out on the 10th.  Ok.  I'll wait another week.  However I am feeling kind of like a chump sitting here waiting.  If I do get the job it will be ok.  But if I don't I am really going to feel stupid for having wasted a few months on this thing.  I am hoping this time I really will get an answer on the 10th, but I also suspect I may just be told to wait longer.  I suppose I could apply for hagwon jobs if I really don't want to wait.   

 I am also worried I am just being strung along by the recruiter.  I have read a lot of positive things about her company so I am hoping she really believes I will be getting a job soon, and these delays are just caused by GEPIK.  I hope she is not just stringing me along as like a back up applicant or something.  She has to have some idea how desirable of a candidate I am. 

According to posts on Dave's it seems GEPIK has decided to try to get better qualified teachers this year.  And some people are posting about how so many teachers have applied this year and there are way more teachers than jobs... others are posting that there's still more jobs than teachers. 

I am also reading on Dave's that people are often starting after the school year has started.  I thought we had to be there in time for orientation, and start working around march 1st?  But some people have said orientation happens several times a year, and you will eventually go to one of them.  also many  people start later in the semester, and if we are hired it will be after the semester has started and they will want us in Korea asap.  Who knows if any of these people know what they are talking about.

  I am really stressed and looking for answers I usually don't like to spend so much time on Dave's.