warrior

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Hi everyone ! I am a final year Metallurgical and Materials engineering student studying in NIT, Nagpur, one of the premier engineering institute of India. I would like to analysis my chances to get admission in top universities in USA. So far I have undertaken 2 internships at NUS, Singapore consecutively after my 2 yr and 3 yr of Engineering to gain international research exposure and 1 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore , top research center of INDIA. and couple of projects in my parent university. My research work honored me with 4 International Journal papers(1 as main author and rest as second author) and 1 international conference paper ( as main author). I am planning to do Ph.D at top universities like Northwestern , Stanford , WashU and UCSB. I will be getting all 3 promising letter of recommendations. But the only the problem is my academic GPA is low ( 6/10). I thought to take a year of work experience at Research institutes which can increase my chances to get admission in top universities. Please guide me what should I do . Shall I apply to universities for Ph.D right away or shall I take some more research experience of about 1 year? Regards Warrior