I got rejected my first time, too.  I remember DarkStar_ telling me he might accept me if there was an open spot, because I'd applied as a special exception that sometimes gets granted to trusted members.  I respected him greatly for rejecting me, and I still respect him.  He's a great campaign manager, and it's not just his stringent requirements for acceptance.  He always gets the participants paid on time, and I think there was only one week in a year that there was a late payment or double round or something like that.  It's incredible how machine-like he is in that respect. 

By the way, I think you'd be a good candidate for Chipmixer but obviously I have no say in the matter.  When a spot does open up, there are usually a lot of really good applicants and DarkStar has to choose someone.  Don't feel bad about the rejections and my advice is to just keep trying when spots open up.

Sorry to hear that.  Yeah, it's really, really competitive and as I said, I wish more campaigns had selection processes similar to Chipmixer's.  There are a lot of great posters on the forum; there just aren't enough slots in the Chipmixer campaign for them all.