I have just completed my engineering (comp science) from mumbai university ,India.. have given GRE and my score is 1410 with 780 in quants and 630 in verbal AWA -4.5 ,TOEFL 115/120 ....have a whole bunch of certifications and publications (2 publications in the CSI(computer society of india) journal ,2nd place in all india engg quiz (delhi) 3rd place in robocon IIT ,all india 12th position in CSI YITP(computer society of india young IT professional ) ,completed all three lvls of math olympiad back in school and jr.college and several other awards)...have done 4 major projects which have been presented in IIT innovations (TECH FEST)2nd place ,CSI YITP(12th in country ) and my final year project ..have strong LOR from HOD and CSI mumbai div head as well ....my main area of concern is my UG score ... its only 58.5 % which comes out to be 2.89 GPA out of 4
please help me out in selecting universities ...cause of my low UG score i am targeting universities ranked between 30-70 .. according to the list on usnews.com.... could i aim for universities like univ of california irvine ,santa cruz or santa barbara (ambi list)...do i have any scope to get into NCSU ?? and what about UTD ,arlington ,SUNY buffalo ,Iowa state univ , MSU and george mason univ, northeastern university and university of rochester ..university of rochester is my prime target cause it is known for its research work ....kindly help me out on this
Any suggestions are appreciated!
varun
