MS CS | specialization in OS

[Deadwing]

Hello gradcafe!

I am an Indian Fall'11 aspirant for MS(CS) in US. I finished my BTech at NIT,K. I have 3 years of industry experience at IBM, LInux Technology Center, working as a part of kernel team. Have worked on a couple of open source projects and delivered a couple of features into the linux kernel mainline. Also was an Extreme Blue intern at IBM during my final year undergrad. My undergrad scores are not that great. I have a GPA of 7.6/10. GRE scores are 1400(800+600) and 4.0. I have written my TOEFL, yet to receive my scores. No Publications.

I am interested in applying for MS, concentrating on research in Operating Systems. Ultimately I want to do my PhD, but I feel my current profile is not good enough to land me a PhD admit nowhere close to a top-20 school. So I would like to do my MS with theses at a research oriented school and then aim for a PhD later.

I have come up with a list of universities based on the kind of work being done in OS. Please give me your suggestions.

1)UCLA

2)UCSD

3)UWisc

4)UW-Seattle

5)UMass

6)UMD-CP

7)UMN-TC

8)SUNY-SB

9)UoUtah

10)GaTech

Thanks.