Help with Selecting Universities and Program

[rahulbatra]

Profile Evaluation
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Field Interested in: MS in Computer Science and MS in Data Science or related fields
Targetting Fall '19

College: BITS Pilani - Hyderebad Campus, India
CGPA: 9.1 in B.E. Computer Sciece
GRE: 328 (with 158 in Verbal), 4 AWA
TOEFL: 115 (with 25 in speaking)

Internships (all related to Data):
Google Summer of Code - Summer of 2016
Research Internship in University of Bologna, Italy - Summer of 2017
Undergrad Thesis at LiP6, France - Fall of 2017

Work Exp:
Working as a software developer (in Data Team) since July, 2018 at Oracle

2 Paper publications
1 in an obscure conference and the other one in a B rated international conference.

Have done multiple pet projects in the area of interest and been a part of various cultural and technical groups at college.

I like to play with data and would like to pursue a course with concentration on the same. After (quickly)going through the websites and courses of some universities, I following universities interesting:

- UIUC, MSCS
- GATech, MSCS
- CMU, MSCDS
- UMich, MSCS
- UW Madison, MSCS
- UWaterloo, MMath
- UCLA, MSCS

I'll be really grateful if someone could please help me in categorising these as Ambitious/Mod/Safe. Is this is a good set of school to apply or just over-ambitious?
Also, it'll be great to know if there any other good programs/universities that I might have missed. Would also be a pleasure to connect with seniors who might be able to guide me in writing the SoP.

Thanks in advance, all the lovely people of the group - it has been a great help.