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Four applications, four rejections. No graduate school for me this year!

Does anybody know if Ph.D. programs are admitting fewer people because the recession is adversely affecting department funding?

Goal: Ph.D. in Biochemistry Currently possess: Master of Science in Biochemistry (non-thesis option). Post-bacc/grad GPA: 3.25 Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology (no formally calculated GPA, it was not good, but I took post-bacc courses to address the deficiencies) V: 690 Q: 740 AW: 4.5 Accepted: No school has accepted me Rejected: UC Santa Cruz; Utah; Nevada, Reno Waiting: one school I am not trying to be pessimistic or have a bad attitude but I fully expect that I will not be going to grad school soon. Are graduate departments having an unusually high number of applicants this year?