Interested in Nuclear - Is my list okay?

[Çats]

Hey guys, I'm wondering what on my list is reach, safety, match given my profile as shown below: A little difficult for me to find out since my education is slightly different from the average physics student. What do you guys think of my university selection?

 

 

 

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Undergrad Institution: Top 40 US World News (2014) - Big State School
Major(s): Physics, Mathematics, French
Minor(s): N/A
GPA in Major: 3.3 Physics, 3.5 Math, 4.0 French
Overall GPA: 3.6
Length of Degree: 4 years
Position in Class: Slightly above average
Type of Student: Domestic white male

GRE Scores :
Q: 164 (89%)
V: 159 (81%)
W: 4.5 (80%)
P: 640 (38%)

Research Experience: Studied CLS limit setting for a semester, then moved on to FIR filtering programming for the current semester. No publications, but total research time is around a year.

Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Deans list in a few semesters.

Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Software Engineering Intern for a summer learning Javascript, Node.js, and general large networking problems. Not super relevant to physics, but it adds credibility to my programming skills.

Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: N/A

Special Bonus Points: 3 majors in 4 years.

Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: I've working fluency in french. Of my three letters, one comes from my experimental methods professor, whom I worked a lot with on an independent research topic, will be doing research with him the next semester. The other is from my Nuclear/Particle Physics course and the ~semester research, got along well with him. The last one comes from a french professor whom I've had for 3 courses, we get along very well. At least 2 of them will be very strong.

Also I have 2 anomalous C's, one in Proof Writing, and the other in Electromagnetism 2, the only sub-B grades I've gotten. I also have a W in independent research for this semester due to time constraints.

Applying to Where:
Will be considering PHD -> Nuclear Theory/Experiment in all areas

United States:

Michigan State
U Massachusetts Amherst
Notre Dame
Northeastern
U Connecticut
U Delaware
U William and Mary
Virginia Tech
George Washington U
Temple U
SUNY Buffalo
UC Riverside

Canada:
McGill
U British Columbia

France:
U Pierre-Marie Curie
U Joseph Fourier
École Polytechnique/ETH Zurich (Joint Masters)

[epluseminus]

Hi there,

 

A little late, but I am wondering what school you ended up in? 

[RedneckPhysics]

Wow, very impressive qualifications there!

I have heard good things about Virginia Tech's high energy physics program, in addition to theoretical astrophysics (one of my best buddies in applied physics was considering studying CP violation, and had a man-crush on a VT professor). Did you consider UMD or Colorado? They both have an intimate research relationship with NIST, with plenty of opportunities in quantum mechanics and nuclear physics.

[Çats]

Hi there,

 

A little late, but I am wondering what school you ended up in? 

Thus far I got into GWU, UMass, and U Paris-Sud.