A little guidence for choosing MS in CS University from a short list

[qfarhan]

Hello folks,

I have completed my BS in Computer Science on Feb 2010.

• My undergraduate CGPA is 3.41 out of 4.00.
• GRE score is Q-740, V-530, AWA-3.0 .
• IELTS band score is 7.5 .
• Class rank is 14th out of 38 students.
• Have 3 international conference papers and 1 journal paper.
• Was a lecturer of CS department during last 6 months.
• Participated in several programming contests from my undergrad institute (including regional ACM ICPC).
  I am applying for fall 2011. Although the season is nearly close, I am going to apply within the next couple of days. I know that there is not much chance for initial funding for MS. But I'll try to get some after one or two semesters. I have shortlisted some schools. Can you folks give some analysis about these schools?
  
  USA:
  
  • High:
    • Case Western Reserve University
    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    • Clemson University
    • Medium:
      • Mississippi State University
      • University of Utah
      • Auburn University
      • Northeastern University
      • University of Texas, Arlington
      • West Virginia University
      • University of Mississippi
      • Louisiana State University
      • Oklahoma State University
      • University of Nebraska-Lincoln
      • Low:
        • Utah State University
        • Wright State University, Ohio
        • University of Texas, San Antonio
          Canada:
          
          • High:
            • Simon Fraser University
            • University of Ottawa

          [*]Medium:

          [*]Carleton University[*]Saskatchewan University

          [*]Low:

          [*]Memorial University

          Okay, it is a ridiculously tall list. The point is I need to narrow it down to half. That is why I am requesting some suggestion/insight from the members about my chance of getting admission at least initially and I am willing to pay for for initial semesters, provided that there are scope for funding later on.

          Actually, (although my low cgpa will become an obstacle) I am interested to enroll into PhD directly, since I plan to do it later on anyway. Is there any chance for my admission into PhD into any of these schools?

          Thank you very much for your time.

[NickZ]

In my opinion, you can try some much better schools since you have so many publications as an undergrad. Go for phd.

[OH YEAH]

You didn't have to make another topic...