How does my background affect my college admission chances?

Lauraburgo
Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:02:18 +0000

I was born in the United States (therefore I am an American Citizen), but I grew up in Cape Verde (Africa).
I came back to the United States when I was 14 and going into my sophomore year… I didn’t know how to speak English, so I had to take ELL classes, but after only a month they moved me to regular English classes where I got an A+ (as well as any other class in my sophomore year). I decided to take AP Lang & Comp for my junior year because my English was improving and I actually scored a 4 on the exam.
I only have A’s and B’s on my report card and a GPA of 3.725. Sadly, I got a 1 on my AP Physics and European History exams as well as a 2 on my AP US History exam.
I scored 1460 on the PSAT and 1630 on the SAT (my first and only SAT so far).

I want to go to a good college and major in Computer Engineering.
How does my background affect my college admission chances?