Hi,
Im in my final year of Electronics and Communication Engineering from IIIT, Hyderabad, India(Ranked 6th in the country for engineering).
My stats are as follows:-
GPA: 8.6/10 (rank 5 out of 40)
GRE: quant=800, verbal=750
TOEFL: 117/120
Dept Applying to: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Field of Interest: Computer Hardware, Digital Design, FPGAs
Research: 2-3 major projects in my field of interest. One research paper submitted for review at GLSVLSI '09
Work Experience: Summer internship for a R&D firm in hardware design.
Extra-curricular: Student Parliament member, Member of univ soccer team, Head of outreach and sponsorship teams for college events
I will be applying for an MS to the following colleges:
1.Stanford or UC Berkeley or UIUC
2.Texas A &M
3. U Texas at Austin
4. North Carolina State University or U Minnesota, Twin Cities
5.Penn State University
6. Oregon State University
7. University of Toronto
I am aiming of not so costly colleges, so aid would be welcome. Could anyone please advise me on these colleges? I am bothered that I am aiming too low.
Thanks!