ElasticSteve

Thank you very much for your opinion! I should definitely start networking!

Hi. I'm Graduate student pursuing cs Master's degree in Asia. (Ranked globally top 10 in HCI field, top 30 in CS ) I would like to get suggestion whether I should apply for US school or stay at current school for Ph.D As in my case, I have low GPA and good research experience (I believe?) Undergrad GPA : 3.27/4.00 Master GPA : 3.84/4.00 Research experience : Co-authored top-tier conference(Mobile computing), 1st authored top-tier conference(HCI), 1st authored top-tier conference workshop(Mobile computing, Best paper award) Work experience: 3 years as developer in >2000 employee sized company. GRE : 162 on verbal, 170 on quant. TOEFL : 115 It would be best if I apply for both choices and naively choose which ever becomes available but my circumstances forces me to choose either options. If I apply for top schools in US (I'm most interested in U.Wash, Harvard, Dartmouth,Princeton, Georgia Tech because I have strong interest in some lab that belongs to these schools), would admission committee overlook my GPA because of research, work experience? Thanks in advance.