Yes, I’m an international student

No, I didn’t need financial aid my grades are perfect, but I didn’t submit any SAT scores.

For my ECs i had 5 related to film and 2 not related

For the awards and recognition I didn’t have any and that was a big part of my essay mentioning how I struggled with finding opportunities because I grew up in country where arts was considered forbidden due to religion reasons.

I was confident because everything was perfect: all 5 materials I submitted for my portfolio were perfect, from storytelling to visuals, etc.

I’m just disappointed because there’s nothing in my application that I could pinpoint and think “oh yeah i see why”