Profile Evaluation Request and University Shortlisting

[Sagar Jain]

Hello Everyone,

Sharing my profile with you:

Gre: 314 (AWA: 3.5, Q165)
Toefl: 94 (S: 23 R:23 L:24 W:24)
Percentage: 78.4

Btech in CS
Work exp: 3 years till now
MS in CS (artificial intelligence and machine learning)
Strong LOR and SOP

I have shortlisted some universities >

Safe: 
1. San Jose State University (SJSU)

Moderate: 
1. Rutgers
2. Stoney Brooks New York,
3. Northeastern University (NEU Boston)
4. Arizona State University ASU
5. North Carolina State University NCSU
6. University of Southern California (USC)
7. University of Illinois Chicago(UIC)

Ambitious:
1. TAMU
2. Penn State

Please suggest some safe universities for my profile and do suggest if any changes are required in the categories (If some universities need to be dropped or can be added in the above list)

[aakhere]

ASU seems to be above rest of the moderate ones from what I know of its industry reputation as well as as research standing of the cs department.

might as well try for new york university if you are already trying to Stony book and UIC ( tandon will be easier to get in compared to courant)

[Adwait Nadkarni]

UIC and USC are close to ambitious. NEU might be ambitious as well.

However, you need to have more safe schools:

SUNY Buffalo

Indiana University Bloomington