They seem quite surprised about that... and they don't know any master programs.
They will help me with my OPT extension, but I am not sure whether a gap year would be helpful.
I apply to in all 13 grad schools. MIT, Harvard, Cornell and Chicago are the top-level-ish. I thought U Colorado, U Arizona and UC Irvine are safe schools, but NO. Maybe there are too many people applying CME or CMT.