Exactly my feelings. I applied to a total of 15 schools (3 Europes, 2 Canada, 10 U.S.). So far I just have two rejections: Princeton and Brown. And Brown was one of the universities which would be perfect for my topic. I expect rejections from Harvard and Columbia as well, apparently my stats are not that goog enough. So is my statement of purpose and all. I'm an international student with a 3.42 gpa for undergraduate (double major, but we don't keep different gpa's), 3.92 gpa for masters. For GRE, V: 154, Q: 163, A: 4. I guess these are not bright enough. Maybe some other time I should take the GRE again and work on my statement of purpose a little more.