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What has been said above is very helpful but I just wanted to say that I understand how demotivating it is to be rejected at application stage. Last year I received multiple rejections at application and it is so frustrating as you don't have any feedback to see where you are going wrong!

I send the odd application to the university careers service who have been helpful but what has made the most difference has been writing an application and then re-reading it a week later. The mistakes that I hadn't noticed jump out when I haven't seen it for a while.

I completely understand how you are feeling and trust that you are not alone!