<p>From where? Empirical evidence. You can check the threads on the top of this forum with past years’ decisions. You’ll notice that there are plenty of students who are better than you, in terms of test scores and everything else, who were rejected. On top of that, it is generally understood that American universities are generally more stringent on international applicants. That is especially obvious in certain schools that are need-blind for U.S. citizens and need-aware for international students. Harvard is (as far as I know) the most generous when it comes from international students; because of this, the international applicant pool is especially strong, although this is also true at many other schools. You may want to consider technology schools (like MIT, Caltech, etc.). Those schools are generally more forgiving of poor writing and CR scores on the SAT, and they would look favorably upon computer science experience in the IDF and your strong SAT II scores. MIT also has a very strong program in management, although I’m not sure how much they would value your experience in a program.</p>