Youngcharlie, we should be grateful that those rejections they come early in our life. They just tell us something about ourselves. I am a Chinese with a mediocre degree. I suffered depression too and had to suspend my graduate studies for a year. My ex broke up with me on my birthday and ten days before I took GRE. You studied like a fiend and I can assure you that each person who wants to go for PHD in us studies like hell too. I applied for a dozen programs and got a dozen rejections. But I always have a strong sense of who I want to be and can be. A university teacher and a freelance writer. I am sure that if I don't get in this circle, I will do a second round. Just when I am planning it, I got an offer from a decent program. See, life just seems bad but there is a silver lining. PM me if you need any emotional solace, I will be very patient.