added applied status to validateStatus function

[janekhuong]

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• HAC-

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• Added "Applied" status to middleware validateStatus function, since we're now sending rejection emails to "Applied" hackers

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

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[tektaxi]

testing in pre prod environment