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By Tara Kuther, Ph.D., About.com Guide to Graduate School since 2001

It's Not You

Tuesday December 2, 2008
Sometimes it's about them. As you compile and submit your applications to graduate school, recognize that your own merits as a student influence whether you are admitted to the program of your choice, but sometimes excellent qualifications are not enough. Sometimes even the best applicants are rejected and it has nothing at all to do with them. Learn more about why graduate programs reject qualified students.

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