Me, too. But honestly, that rejection does not make me hopeful. If I am going to end up at one of my non-preferred schools, I'd rather do it for playwriting. Tufts, Cornell, and Maryland were the only PhD programs I was overly excited about. The rest were more or less submitted as blanket possibilities. I never even considered the fact that I wouldn't be accepted at Tufts, honestly. I know that's a bit pretentious to say, but I was far more concerned with funding options than acceptance. I have a 4.0 across my BA, BS, and MS, 98th percentiles on all GRE sections, 2 peer-reviewed publications, 3 published plays, and almost a decade of professional theatre experience. I am totally at a loss for words. Either my statement must have been garbage or my LoR must have basically been phoned in--a possibility that terrifies me in regards to other applications. Regardless, I guess that is a lesson in getting ahead of myself.