Thread: Need to select my Universities

Hi All,
I need help in selecting universities to apply. I want to know which ones would be ambitious, likely and easy for my profile.

GRE: 320/340
Toefl: 99/120

Area of interest: Computer vision, Robotics, autonomous vehicles

Qualification: B.tech + M.tech From IIIT - Gwalior in information technology (5 years integrated) GPA: 8.03

total 3 research papers (2 related)
1 patent (related)
summer internship in IIT-Bombay
1.4 years of relevant corporate R&D experience (KPIT Cummins)
1 year experience in Amazon as SDE (current)

recommendations:
My guide in college (Prof. Shashikala Tapaswi)
1 from IIT-Bombay (Prof. Abhay Karandikar, HOD electrical Dept)
1 from KPIT Cummins (more than Sr.Scientist level)

I want to pursue PhD in my area of interest, though wouldn't mind research oriented MS in a good Univ.

My overall tentative list is:

MIT
UCB
Stanford
CMU
UIUC
USC
Caltech
cornell
UMD, College park

please give me feedback and suggestions. I need to speed up my process.

Thanks in advance,
Vinay

Need suggestions please.