Fall 2017 | MS | CS | G.R.E 320 (Q-166/V-154) | GPA 9.77 | TOEFL 114| MIT, Manipal

I plan to apply to only 5 ambitious universities. If I don't get in then I'll retake GRE and probably apply next year.

Rank - 1

Currently working at Microsoft IDC. (since June 2016)

Internships -
1. IIT Bombay - 2 months - 2nd year (worked on Sandhi - open source alternative to LabView)
2. Microsoft IDC - 10 weeks - 3rd year (Hybrid Cloud Storage team)
3. Microsoft IDC - 4 months - 4th year (Hybrid Cloud Storage team)

Extra curriculars -
1. Part of On board Data Handling Subsystem Parikshit Student Satellite team.
2. Founded a branch of FOSSEE (under guidance of the same professor from IIT Bombay) in college, recruited a few students who work on open source technologies in collaboration with IITB and Italian Mars Society [FOSSEE - Free and open source software for engineering education]

Awards -
1. Received a scholarship worth $4500 for academic excellence.
2. Won a bunch of programming competitions.
3. Highest aggregate GPA for each year - 2nd year and 3rd year
4. Highest cumulative GPA at the end of every year - 2nd year, 3rd year and 4th year
5. Gold medalist and Award of Excellence for securing the first position in the entire branch.

Any suggestions on which universities I should add/remove?

Shortlisted: (all MS CS)
UCB
UT Austin
Gatech
UIUC
UCSD