And so it begins...

I woulnd't say that I'm suprised, but I'm still somewhat dissapointed; I am officially not good enough for the MMus program in composition at McGill.
I love how they barely even put any effort into sugar coating it, by telling me that "[my] qualifications were not at a level comparable with other applicants."
I can't tell whether that means that my portfolio submissions were riteously crappy compared to what they normally see, or if they weren't even willing to look at my application since I don't have a BMus in composition.
In conclusion, I will spend the rest of the time between now and next rejection letter waffling between those two possibilities.
Let's take a look at my success rate thus far:
I have submitted applications to 5 schools and a SSHRC scholarship.
I have received rejection letters from 2 of those.
Of responses, I have a 100% rejection rate,
Overall, 29% rejection rate.

To continue with the generally negative tone of this post. I'll fill you in on my relation to McGill. about 5 years ago, when I first decided I wanted to study music in university, I decided that I was going to take a year to prepare myself and apply at McGill. My teacher at the time told me that I shold always aim for the brass rings, so I set McGill as my brass rings. I think that's the reason I applied for composition there this time around. To be honest, I didnt' know much about their programming. The first time around, I was refused entry into their performance program, but accepted into their other piano program, but I couldn't justify paying more and moving away to get a second rate degree, so I convinced myself to stay at home and live for free while getting (what I considered to be) a third rate degree.
As it stands, McGill will remain to be those brass rings that i will never grab hold of.
I see the similarities here with the other situation... once again I am underprepared for a degree program, and I will most likely have to make a similar choice between different programs that aren't what i am aiming for....
Regardless, I am going to choose to be optimistic, as I still have 4 more rejection letters to come in the mail.. which are hopefully worded nicer!