Chance me!

Hey guys, I am an international student and I will be applying to certain Universities in the USA as well as Canada for Bachelors of Computer Science.

My SAT 1 score is 1310/1600 and essay is 4/2/5 (I will retake the SAT 1)
I will also be taking SAT subject physics.

As for my academics I scored in around the 80’s in both my 9th and 10th grade.

However I faced a extenuating circumstance in my 11th grade. Due to medical reasons(chicken pox), The ministry of education board gave me a 14 day quarantine period. As a result,  I couldn’t write my 11th Grade Finals exam. I wasn’t given a retest to compensate for my Final Exam. My overall percentage dropped down drastically as the final exam comprises of 50% of the overall grades.  I scored a 52% overall in 11th.

My Extracurricular’s include:

->Tennis
I am the school captain as well as reached the semifinals in the nationals interschool competition. I’ve won around 4 club tournaments with 5 runner up’s.

->C++ team
Me and my team took part in a programming competiton in a university. We reached the final round and bagged the second place from out of 60 schools.

->Volunteering.
I volunteered in a Clean up campaign organized by the government in 9th grade.
I have also volunteered in distributing food to labourers during Ramadan and in an orphanage.

->Internship
I got a paid internship in a Logistics company where I worked alongside a IT technician. I spent 8 hours a day mostly troubleshooting software related issues and managing the website.

My Universities are as follows:

-University of Washington
-University of British Columbia
-Purdue University
-Penn State
-University of Maryland college park
-Simon Fraser
-UC Davis
-UC San Diego
-University of Illinois at Chicago
-University of Alberta

Thanks for your help

UW a is massive reach with that GPA and SAT. Washington CompSci is a direct admit and I don’t think your current grades will make the cut. Purdue and UMCP are highly regarded for CompSci and I don’t think your chances are good for those schools.

UCs will be reaches as well. You didn’t mention your financial situation but it will cost 65,000 a year for OOS/international and the UCs give aid to California residents only.

Probably UIC is your most likely candidate.

You will need an SAT Subject Math 2 score for some EECS programs. Finally if English isn’t the primary medium of instruction a TOEFL score is needed.