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Ohhhh I totally hear you. It seems to me that everything besides gradschool is not fun at all. I never felt that way before the application. I thought working and studying are equally fun, but then after I applied I cannot think of any job that might as interesting as gradschool. How bizarre is humam brain!!

Okay, I see. so basically all we could do will be just guessing around the answer? Cuz couples of years ago, one of my friends also got rejected by schools and she got a quite lengthy letter about why they were unable to accept her. And she told me that the tone is really sincere. Yet, judged from what I got is pretty detached.

Hi guys, I am now waiting for the results of Comparative Literature phD admission. I've applied for 11schools and was already rejected by 6 (sighed). So in order to know the exact reasons behind my rejections, I wrote letters to ask them. Some of them replied, while others remained silent. Of those replied, they simply said that my interest cannot be accomodated into their programs. But I am very suspicious about this answer....So is it possible that they were reluctant to tell me the truth (in order to comfort me or whatever)? I mean if my GRE or TOEFL is too low to be accepted or my recommendation letters are not supportive enough, would the programs tell me the truth? Since I know my GRE is not competitive enough (v: 161 AW: 3.5), and my TOEFL is not outstanding as well (104/120), so I am very much surprised and bewildered that they simply said my interests did not match theirs, without commenting on my scores. Really appreciate if anyone could say something.