<p>Ok, what is considered ‘outstanding’ grades in the italian education system?</p>
<p>Regardless, that is not a realistic list of schools if you are hoping to go to school in the US. Moreover, you should really look for schools not only on the basis of how prestigious their name is overall, but how good their computer science programmes are. Your list looks like you just came up with a list of top american universities, not necessarily top american computer science programmes.</p>