Should I go on applying to more schools?

[kingchem]

Hi,

 

I am an international student from India applying to Fall 2015 graduate program in Chemistry. I have a Master's degree in Chemistry. Currently I am working in a reputed R&D Center of a FMCG company. I have 6+ years of research experience here. I have following credentials:

 

GRE: Verbal-150, Quantitative-162, AW-4.0

TOEFL: 99

B.Sc. 74.6%;  M.Sc. 75.5%

 

I have 9 published patents and 4 papers in international journals including Chem. Commun., Crystal Growth & Design, CrystEngComm, JCIS.

 

I am applying to:

 

UMass Amherst

UT Austin

Duke

U Maryland

U of North Carolina Chapel Hill

CMU

U washington seattle

USC

Georgia Tech

U Michigan

 

Based on my profile has the selection become more ambitious? Shall I apply to some other university with lower ranking. Please suggest. It would be of great help. 

[Cookie]

GRE: 150 (v) 162 (Q) 4 (AW)

TOEFL: 99 (speaking 23)

High school: ranked within top 0.05% students among 6, 00,000 in school leaving exam

BSc in Chemistry:~75% (topper 77%, ranked 6th in class of 52 students, WES convention 4/4) from Top Indian University

MSc  in Chemistry: ~76% (WES 4/4, class topper in Inorganic chemistry)

Work ex: 6 years as research executive at a Fortune 500 MNC's R & D lab in India

Publications: 4 : ChemComm (IF: 6.718, 1st author), J Colloid and Interfacial Science (IF: 3.552, 1st and Communicating author), CrystEngComm (IF: 3.858, 2nd author), Crystal Growth and Design (IF: 4.558, 2nd author)

Patents: 9 published and 2 filed

Awards: 7 awards from my employer for research contribution

Presentation: 2 posters at Unilever R & D convention

Good LORs 

Applied to: USC, Duke, GaTech, U Maryland, U Mass Amherst, UNC chapel hill, UMich, Uwashington seattle, UT austin, CMU

 

 

 

Please suggest!

 

Arent you payel1986? 

It is not necessary (read: it is ANNOYING) to make 2 different accounts to post the exact same profile and ask the same questions. 

Edited November 25, 2014 by Cookie

[ghostar]

^ Just noticed this as well. Not only is it annoying to double post under two different accounts, but your history also indicates that you've asked the same question in multiple threads in the Chemistry forum alone. It really isn't the Gradcafe community's job to pick out your choice of safety schools.