Chance me please

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

I am an international applicant and took my ACT in September. I got a composite score of 27.
Reading-25
Maths-31
Science-26
English-25
Writing-26
I have an unweighted gpa of 4. I took the following courses in my high school-

  1. Biology
  2. Mathematics
  3. Physics
    4.Chemistry
    5.English
    6.Computer Science
    I got straight A in all subjects throughout my high school.
    My primary major is Computer Science and my alternate major is Mechanical Engineering,
    I played tennis for 10 years at national level. I took Science Olympiad and gained state rank 6 and national rank 663.
    I have applied to the following universities-
    UIUC( submitted during the priority filling period.)
    Umass Amherst(early action)
    Purdue University
    UT Austin
    UCLA
    UC Irvine
    UCSD
    UC Berkeley
    Chance me for all the above please ASAP.
2

UCI: High Match
UCSD: Low Reach
UCB/UCLA: Reach

Being International and a lower than average ACT score is hurting your chances at the UC’s listed. You would have better chances at UCSC and UCR.

3

Is UCI good for CS? I heard its close to the silicon beach so that’s a great advantage but it is ranked around 20.
And can u chance me for other univeristies as well.

4

With a 27 ACT and being international applying for CS, your chances are remote at every school you listed. You should not be concerned about rankings.

5

Just got my purdue result
Admitted to CS :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

6

UCLA and UCB really hard, though UCLA will be a bit easier. CS is a top major at these schools. The rest is possible.

7

@lucifer1: I have never heard the Irvine/Orange County area referred to as “silicon beach”, but it may be apt, since there are many tech companies in the area. UCI is an excellent school for CS especially since they have a College dedicated to CS and Information systems. https://www.ics.uci.edu

I wouldn’t put too much stock into rankings. Ranked 20th out of thousands of schools is very good in my eyes.

8

I got into Purdue today so UCI and Umass are out of the equation as they are ranked lower than Purdue. My top choices are UCLA and UCSD due to the good rankings, weather and closeness to silicon beach. Have you heard of any international who got into UCLA with a 27 on ACT?

9

You are below the 25th percentile for ACT and with a less than 15 % acceptance rate for CS, UCLA is a Reach

10

ohk
Does UCLA admit on rolling admissions or regular?

11

Where are you getting this “Silicon Beach” idea? I’ve never heard of that.

Silicon Valley is in the northern part of California, a good 6 hours north of UCI, UCLA and UCSD. Maybe ~500 miles north. Look at a map for San Jose, California and the Bay area of San Francisco.

You’re not getting into UCLA nor UCSD with a 27 ACT. You need a score of at least a 32 or better.

(Why would they have rolling admissions? They don’t need to. They get hundreds of thousands of applications. )

The UC’s are very competitive schools and are California public universities whose priority for admission is California residents. As an international candidate, you would have to have scores that are better-than-average California applicants and you would be full pay of $55K per year.

You are basing too much on rankings.

12

I asked my dad about Silicon Beach (as we live 40 min from that area), and apparently it is actually a pretty booming area in So-Cal where OP said it was (like Santa Monica area more than Irvine but still pretty close!).

13

Silicon beach refers to an area between Marina del Rey and Santa Monica. UCI does have a lot of tech companies around it because of the strength of the CS school. Technically, not part of silicon beach.