I don't get it...I really thought this was one of my strongest applications. I don't get where I fell short? Even with mit. circumstances, I'm still not a good fit?
Sorry for this depressing post but I really don't get what I'm doing wrong???
I hate to be unhelpful, but it's almost impossible to provide any constructive help here without knowing more about the application, rejection (i.e. what stage it was at), etc etc. If you were able to share a bit more about it, we could probably make a better attempt at helping provide likely answers for why you got rejected.
Over and above all that, unfortunately rejections do happen all the time. At the end of the day, we are fighting over some of the most over-subscribed grad roles and even the strongest applicants get knocked back from firms with exceptionally strong apps. Sometimes there isn't necessarily a rhyme nor reason for it, either. Rejections are horrible, especially when you feel like it's a particularly strong application.
For what it's worth, I had some pretty extreme mitigating circumstances (broke my back in an accident- I talk more about it in the "Ask 3 future trainees anything" thread) and got some pretty brutal knock-backs even with that taken into consideration. It's just a part of the process unfortunately, I'm sure you'll get there eventually!
