nikoliole

I just had to yell into the void somewhere. I applied as an undergrad and got E/E, E/E, VG/E, and G/G, not recommended. The first two reviewers were glowing and mentioned they were recommending, the third had a few solid constructive criticisms but overall was very positive, and the fourth wrote only one sentence which was, and I quote, "candidate publication record not competitive with the overall applicant pool." TBH it has kinda put me off applying in the future. I feel like reviewer 4 glanced over my CV and decided "not worth further consideration." They gave zero feedback aside from the above. I'm a non trad student who worked full time through my whole undergrad, still got a 4.0 and managed to get through 2 years of research and a pre-pub...which I wrote about in detail in my personal statement and which all of the first 3 reviewers managed to glean and mention in their feedback as indicative of the capacity to deliver on promise. Idk whether to laugh or cry but feels bad man.