I was rejected from 3 Clinical programs in Canada I don't know what to do now.
I have two honours undergraduate degrees, one in Arts and one in Psychology and my cumulative gpa is 3.94. For GRE I got 165 on Verbal, 160 on Quant and 5 on Writing and 86 on the Psych subject exam, scores which I thought were mildly competitive. I have one paper that I am presenting in April and will be published soon and 2 years of research experience and many years of experience with the population I wish to study. I had a good interview with one school and I visited the PI before applying at another and she seemed really positive but then I just get a bunch of rejection letters. I think my SOP was really good, I had 10+ people read it. My big fear is my references might not have been stellar as my research supervisors have always been really hard on me.
I have a summer NSERC grant and I am trying to get a research job for the year but if that doesn't work, what should I do? If it does work, what else can I do to increase my chances? I will do anything and everything, should I retake the exams, do more courses to boost my gpa etc??
Also, should I apply to schools in the US? I am totally confused because there are so many and I have no idea how funding works. Any help would be appreciated!