Fall 2017 | PhD | Aero Eng | 314 | IELTS 7.5 | 7.83 UG | COEP | 9.18 PG | IITB

Hi there,

Please review my profile and help me in sorting out the following universities as safe, moderate and ambitious for Fall 2017 applications:

Scores
(a) GRE : 151V(51%) , 163Q(85%), 3.5AWA(42%)
(b) IELTS : 8.5Reading, 8.5Listening, 7.0Writing, 6.5Speaking
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Acads
© B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering Pune, India; GPA : 7.83/10; Class topper GPA: 9.18/10

(d) M.Tech in Thermal and Fluids Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; GPA : 9.18/10. Class topper GPA: 9.7/10. Among the top 5 in the class
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Conference
(e) 1 invitation for an International conference presentation (FMFP, 2014) held in India itself...(not sure if this carries any significance)
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Exp
(f) 2 years of experience with Mahindra and Mahindra ltd., Chennai, India. Currently employed here
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The universities I have shortlisted are:

1. University of Maryland College Park (received admit for fall 2016 but did not get scholarship)
2. Purdue University
3. University of Michigan Ann Arbor
4. UT Austin
5. TAMU
6. Ohio State University
7. Virginia Tech
8. NCSU
9. University of Virginia
10. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
11. University of Notre Dame
12. University of Tenesse Knoxville

Also please suggest other universities with good research in hypersonics

Again, please suggest me some options for funding in Australia. I have an admit from University of Queensland Australia but was unsuccessful in securing scholarship