Which Graduate School to Apply

[kingchem]

Hi,

 

I am an international student from India applying to Fall 2015 graduate program in Chemistry. I have a Master's degree in Chemistry. Currently I am working in a reputed R&D Center of a FMCG company. I have 6+ years of research experience here. I have following credentials:

 

GRE: Verbal-150, Quantitative-162, AW-4.0

TOEFL: 99

B.Sc. 74.6%;  M.Sc. 75.5%

 

I have 9 published patents and 4 papers in international journals including Chem. Commun., Crystal Growth & Design, CrystEngComm, JCIS.

 

I am applying to:

 

UMass Amherst

UT Austin

Duke

U Maryland

U of North Carolina Chapel Hill

CMU

U washington seattle

USC

Georgia Tech

U Michigan

 

Based on my profile has the selection become more ambitious? Shall I apply to some other university with lower ranking. Please suggest. It would be of great help.