<p>I am currently doing bachelor computer science at a university in the Netherlands and interested in following a masters program in computer science in the United States or Canada. I hope to start in September 2014.</p>
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[<em>]GPA: **8.1/10<a href="Dutch%20system">/b</a> All my grades are at least a 7 or higher. Supposedly an 8 is equal to an A, and a 7 is a B+ according to Nuffic <a href="Netherlands%20organisation%20for%20international%20cooperation%20in%20higher%20education">size=-2</a>[/size].
[</em>]TOEFL/GRE: Not yet taken.
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<p>Extracurricular activities
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[<em>]Board member of Study Association (1 year) on Public Relations (basically responsible for organizing regular events in cooperation with companies and arranging sponsors for student events)
[</em>]Organizing a conference for students
[<em>]Participated in a study tour through Asia, visiting companies and universities
[</em>]Helped organize all sorts of activities for students
[li]Developed an Android app for people with allergies[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Work experience
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[<em>]Part time job, developing websites at a local company
[</em>]Summer job, developing an application programming interface (API)
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<p>My interest is in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Therefore I was wondering given my profile, should I have a reasonable chance for the following Universities? Or would I be just wasting my cash on application fees?:</p>
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[<em>]Stanford
[</em>]Columbia
[<em>]Cornell
[</em>]University of Waterloo (Canada)
[li]University of British Columbia (Canada)[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Feel free to add suggestions on safety options, but my safety options are in the Netherlands ;-)</p>