Profile Evaluation, MSCS Fall 2016: GRE-329, Q:167, V:162, AWA:4.5, CGPA : 7.23

[Sbiswas]

I request you to kindly evaluate my profile and rate/suggest some more universities as you see fit.

GRE Score - 329
Q-167
V-162
AWA-4.5

Toefl -112

Interested field - MS in CS (ML/ALgorithms/ Data Analytics)

UG: B.Tech in CS
College: St. Thomas' College of Engineering & Technology, Kolkata
University : West Bengal University of Technology
Final Overall Percentage : 7.23/10(This will hurt my chances big time.)

Academic Projects:
- Major Project - Analysis, Comparison and Implementation of Image Segmentation and Compression Techniques and its applications in Medical Imaging.

Work Experience:
-I have a 29 month work experience as a Web Application developer in Cognizant during which I worked in 3 projects.
1. Part of a 2 man team that developed in-house project where I worked on developing an auditing software where project managers would recieve a consolidated visualisation of their project stats by feeding monthly/quarterly/annual project data.
2. Worked on developing a project+ resources related portal for Bank of New York Mellon. This served as the information 'Hub' of various projects across the globe.
3. A Human resource portal for Citi to track employee data(personal learning details to project performance trends)
-Technology Used- Worked on C#,C#,Java,Oracle10g,Javascript,Jquery,

Internship:
- Disha Infotech - Worked on designing a Ticket Reservation System.

LORs -
1) Prof under whom I worked during my major project - Strongish
2) Dept HOD- Moderate
3) College Professor - Strong

Publications:
No papers Published
-Working on a paper right now but may not be able to have it published in time for applications.

Extracurricular Activities:
- Taught Mathematics and English at centers for underprivileged children as part of my company's community outreach program on weekends for over a year.

- I am also an avid long distance runner. (Should I mention this in my application/SOP?)

 
Here are the universities I've shortlisted till now:
1. University of North Carolina, Charlotte
2.NYU(Poly)
3.Northeastern University
4.Syracuse University
5.Indiana University,Bloomington
6.University of Illinois at Chicago
7.SUNY, Buffalo
8.University of Rochester
9.University of Florida, Gainesville
10.University of California, Riverside
11.New York University(Courant)
12.University of California, Irvine
13.Rutgers University, New Brunswick
14. Rochester Institute of Technology
15. Washington University in St. Louis
16. Arizona State University

 

Please grade the Unis as Ambi/Mod/Safe based on the strengths and weaknesses of my profile.
Also kindly suggest a few safe and moderate universities where there is good funding and good assistanceship chances for my profile.

Thanks in Advance.

Edited October 3, 2015 by Sbiswas