it's a negatory

I've officially been rejected by the Berkeley Ph.D. program. I was fully expecting this, having not heard a peep from them since they got my application packet in December, and realizing that my application and proposals would have demanded an awful lot of departmental support that they may not have been able to provide.

They filled 5 spots, after 89 applied, so I'm sure I was among good applicants that got rejected.

That certainly narrows the field, even though I didn't expect to be accepted.