Wow, @RestlessSpirit your accomplishments are definitely amazing! I imagine you are quite disappointed, but I’m genuinely quite amazed at what you’d accomplished even before I realized you were from Iran! Honestly, I think their only concern was probably English ability, since they do want a certain amount of fluency so that they can be sure you can understand the classes. Otherwise you are definitely the STEM kind of guy that not only colleges want but the world wants. You will definitely do amazing things no matter where you end up! You’re really quite admirable