Profile evaulation;GRE 329(Q170,V159), TOEFL-104, CGPA:8.5(VJTI)

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Topper's grade-9.3, rank 10th in a batch of 80

1 research paper on image processing (SIFT and CBIR) in IJIET journal,

Academic project on image processing,

Proof of concept project in Machine learning-involving clustering using k means and Twitter feed analysis using ML algorithms.

Extra curricular activities- delivered lectures for engineering entrance students(4 years)

Organised some competitions at college level,

2 years of experience in an IB as a software developer- decent projects handled- developed an order analytics platform single handedly.

Decent LORs- 1-2 from college, 1-2 from work. (Could you suggest what should be the number of LORs from college and how many form office)

I am planning to apply for the following universities:

1. Stanford-MS&E

2. CMU

3. GaTech

4. UCSD

5. UCLA

6. USC

7. UCI

8. UCSB

9. Rice

Could you please help me classify the above ones and suggest some moderate to safe universities?