I got everything you said but I don't understand what you mean by post for second round? I'll start creating new models and replace the old ones based on the things you mentioned with the anatomy, background and lighting.
I really appreciate the kind words everyone, I guess I'll just keep applying and see what happens, I'm also trying to learn a bit of rigging so that might help and of course I'll try creating better models for my portfolio. Though please if anyone has any advice for me please do let me know, it would mean a lot.