Congratulations on being an excellent and competitive applicant. I will only address the UC’s.
All UC’s are test blind, so your ACT will not be considered for admission purposes or merit scholarships.
The current cost of attendance listed for UCLA as an example is $68,474 so expect your costs to be similar for all the UC’s. The UC’s do not offer need based aid for International students. Merit aid is highly competitive, offered in small amounts which has little impact on the overall costs. As an International applicant, expect to be full pay.
Since you are attending a US HS, you can calculate your UC GPA using the Calculator below. The UC’s only use 10-11th grades for the a-g course requirements in their GPA calculation and only AP classes will be given the weighting in the calculation. The UC’s consider 3 GPA’s: Unweighted UC GPA, Capped Weighted UC GPA and Fully weighted UC GPA.
https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/
The table below uses the Capped weighted UC GPA, does not take into account residency nor major. Computer Science/Engineering will have much lower admit rates.
| Campus | 4.20+ | 3.80-4.19 | 3.40-3.79 | 3.00-3.39 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 30% | 11% | 2% | 1% |
| Davis | 85% | 55% | 23% | 10% |
| Irvine | 60% | 31% | 14% | 1% |
| Los Angeles | 29% | 6% | 1% | 0% |
| Merced | 97% | 98% | 96% | 89% |
| Riverside | 97% | 92% | 62% | 23% |
| San Diego | 72% | 25% | 2% | 0% |
| Santa Barbara | 73% | 28% | 4% | 1% |
| Santa Cruz | 91% | 81% | 46% | 9% |
These are the 2022 Overall International admit rates and can determine which campuses might be Reach and Targets.
UCB: 5.5%
UCLA: 5.8%
UCI: 21%
UCSB: 19.7%
UCSD: 15.5%
UCD: 43%
UCSC: 55.4%
UCM: 68.3%
UCR: 81.7%
UCLA CS admit rate 2021 was 5.4% and Computer Engineering was 2.4%
UCB CS admit rate for CS L&S was 2.9%, EECS was 4.5% and Engineering overall was 7% in 2022.
UCSD/UCSB have no major specific admit data but both CS/CSE will be comparable to UCLA/UCB numbers.
UCI’s admit rate for CS 2022 was 5.8% and Comp Eng was 21.7%.
UCD has no major specific admit data but CS/CSE would be competitive.
UCSC 2022 admit rate for CS BS was 60% and BA was 51% while Comp Eng was 46%.
UCR‘s admit rate for 2022 CS was 36% and CSE was 51%.
UCM 2022 admit rate for CSE was 91%.
The more likely schools would be UC Davis, Santa Cruz, Riverside and Merced. You are competitive for all but the UC’s tend to be unpredictable especially for CS/CSE.
Best of luck.