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Why did I get into one top school but none others (even schools ranked a lot lower)?
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I know this isn't a terrible problem to have, or if it's even a problem, but I was admitted into one economics PhD program at a top school (Columbia) but I've been rejected literally everywhere else, including places ranked roughly the same (Harvard, Chicago, Northwestern, Yale) and places ranked a little to a lot lower (Madison, Cornell, Rice, etc.). Is this normal? I'm worried that I only got into Columbia because one of my letter writers knew someone there and that I'm not actually qualified. Does this seem weird to anyone else?