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Just had my first PhD rejection 
I wrote to this supervisor twice, once pre-application and once post application, and he didnt respond. The doctoral college admissions teams chased him up and told me that he said he wasn’t interested in my application. I’m quite disappointed but tbh if he couldn’t get his shit together to politely tell me that himself he would be awful to work with. Oh well, let’s see where the other applications go
@purplepadma The relationship to the supervisor can make or break a PhD, so it's worth holding out for someone with expertise, capacity and above all a real interest in your project. Someone you feel you can work with. It might have been helpful if he'd given a reason as to why he wasn't interested, but it sounds like it really wasn't meant to be!
@GreenLeftHand Oh I totally agree. It would’ve been even more helpful if he’d responded to my enquiries himself, anyone who doesn’t have the common courtesy to do that is not for me!