Fall 18 |MS CS |GRE:328 Q:163 |TOEFL:113 |GPA:64.94% (8.1/10) |PICT, Pune University

Profile:
Target course: MS in CS (Data Science is area of interest)

College: PICT, Pune
Aggregate:64.94%
Unofficial GPA: 8.1/10 (as provided by college)

GRE Score:
Total=328 Quant:163 Verbal:165 AWA:5.0

TOEFL score: 113

LORS: 2 profs(strong) + 1 industry project mentor(medium)

Internships: 2 (3 months in each internship) - BOTH internships in Data Science

Papers: 2 papers published in IRJET (1 of them in data science)

Projects: 3 major projects (one in data science)
2 minor projects (one in data science)

Co-curriculars:
Organized college fest
Organization of technical fest
IEEE member
2-3 MOOCs
Attended workshops and seminars about my field

Extra curriculars:
Volunteer work in social service NGOs

Universities I looked into:

USC
Rutgers
Penn State
U Penn
Northwestern
Northeastern
UC Irvine
UC Davis
SJSU
NYU Poly (Tandon)
NYU (Courant)
RIT
NCSU
Virginia Tech
UIC
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
TAMU
ASU

Please help categorize the above universities.

The above list is not final.
Please suggest any universities that would be worth considering in Ambi, Mod and safe respectively.

Thanks in advance.

Tagging seniors:

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@[The_Observer]
@[Chirantar]
@[Edulix_Editor]
@[Dragon_Warrior]
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