Masters in Aerospace

[paho]

hey there,

I recently finished my bachelors and now have the intention to apply for a masters in aerospace engineering. Please help me to get my application going by evaluating my profile below. Thanks a lot!

 

Undergrad Institution: Small state university
Major(s): Aerospace Engineering (with focus on electronics)
Overall GPA: 1.7 in Germany, depending on grade conversion I land somewhere between 3.1 (Bavarian formula for grade conversion) and 4.0 (http://www.foreigncredits.com/Resources/GPA-Calculator and WES)

GRE Scores (revised):
Q: 170
V: 160
W: 4.5
TOEFL: 111

Experience: I am not quite familiar with the differentiation between reserach experience and work experience; what I have done until now is the following:
- 3 months working as a design engineer for satellite components (besides my studies)
- 6 months working as a software engineer in an aerospace navigation project (besides my studies)
- 3 months research project on small satellite software (at my undergrad university)
- 6 months experience in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (involving experimental technologies, in this project I also did my bachelors thesis)
- 1 year experience as electrical engineer for a satellite subsystem

The strong focus on practical work comes from the strong industry cooperations of my university. Except for the satellite software project I gained all experience at a major european aerospace company.

Applying to Where:

U Michigan Ann-Arbor
U Wisconsin Madison
U Illinois Urbana-Champaign
UC Boulder
Purdue
GaTech
University of southern California
Imperial College

 

Do you consider these choices realistic, or are the too ambitious? Could I even stand a chance with higher ranked institututions (MIT, Stanford)?