I think the admission committee view application as a whole package, in which your point of view in the portfolio and statement have to be represented somehow, ideally align with their program interest. Grade, Recommendation, and Resume are all important; these materials generalized you as a person but wouldn't show much about you as a designer. But I believe that the schools miss the opportunity of seeing you as a potential candidate.

If I recall back in the day a group of 2nd / 3rd year students reviewed all the portfolios and separated them by what they felt was acceptable vs. not acceptable.  I had my undergraduate prof. as a reference, the  Architecture School phoned to check my reference and i was in..... by the way and sent in my portfolio in a red Duotang binder ( very ghetto ) as opposed to all the students who made hand crafted boxes for their shitty work, jokes on them I guess!

But seriously you should phone and ask to speak with someone on the admissions committee, and just ask how can you improve your application and what should you work on.  If you don't do that I wouldn't think much of your persistence or commitment.

I failed on my first application to get into Landscape Architecture and doubled down the second time and made a huge effort to improve my application through work experience, portfolio, classes etc and showed that I was committed to the program. It also allowed me to seriously understand the the profession / career i was going after.

Edit: I'm considering going to Ryerson Architecture and trying to transfer into UBC Bdes - I have no idea how difficult this will be and I'm having a bit of a mental breakdown (I'll probably make a separate post for some advice haha)