Honorable Mention here. In general a bit bummed about not winning because of the amount of effort I put in, but HM seems like a pretty solid outcome. I knew being a white male in civil engineering, I was going to have to reach on BI, but I had two very hands on faculty advisors so I expected IM would be taken care of.
The reviewers, which doesn't seem to agree with a lot of your cases, were shockingly consistent, E/VG, E/VG, E/VG. Two of my reviewers basically just left pats on the back, one sentence answers that I was detailed or well prepared, luckily my 2nd reviewer was detailed. Their major critique was the projects' broader impacts. They even were pleased with my personal statement BI. It's tough being so close yet knowing the next cycle three different reviewers could have a totally different perspective even if you fix these comments.
Still waiting on DOD NDSEG and DOE IUP so hopefully one of those come through, but if not I feel pretty well positioned for success next year. Working on submitting a journal publication and participating in international research through NSF EAPSI in Tokyo (I will be a second year GS, did not apply while I was an undergraduate).
To all those other HM, I hope you got more direction or reasoning from your reviewers than I did!