Area of interest : Theoretical chemistry.
International student.
GPA : 8.3/10 (Indian scale, Dont know how to convert it to the 4 point scale. If it is a direct conversion it should come to 3.3/4 i guess.)
GRE-319. Quant-164, Verbal-155.
Subject GRE - 800 (76%)
TOEFL - 109 (26 in speaking)
Research experience : 4 summer research projects, all in theoretical chemistry. Year long project on modeling small molecule encapsulation inside CNT (not quantum mechanical, just using the lennard-jones potential, more of a mathematical problem).
Posters presented : 2, one in theoretical chemistry symposium, got special appreciation for that. One in international conference on electronic structure and dynamics of molecules and clusters.
Have one great recommendation form a big shot in theoretical chemistry.
Have specific interest in coding. Haven't done any great deal of computation (running Softwares,etc.)
Planning to apply to : U. Florida, Ohio state U., U. Colorado at Boulder, UC Irvine, Georgia tech., UT Texas, UC Merced, Purdue University.
What are my chances of getting through?
Should I write to professors and ask for PhD positions? Will that be of any help? Can anyone suggest me any other good universities where I can apply to with this score?