My Profile is this:

GRE - 321 [Q- 165(92%ile), V - 156(69%ile), AWA - 4.0(49%ile)]
TOEFL- 107

CGPA: 7.96/10; Topper: 9.2/10
Degree: B.E in E&TC Engg (June '13 pass-out)
College: BVM Engineering College, Gujarat Technological University
Work Exp: Two month-long internships; one at an industry and another at BSNL.
Certifications: NONE

Others:
- Final Year project on Wireless Power Transfer (process ongoing for publishing a paper on it)
- Minor projects (2), seminars(3) in field of electronics.
- Attended workshops on robotics, networking (I'm not sure if they matter)
- Participation in college cultural programs (mainly in theater stuff)
- Various national Olympiads and talent search exams passed with distinction
- Highly active & varied cultural participation in school
- Active, but not very prominent, community work

I have tentatively shortlisted these Universities:

1. University of Southern California
2. University of Colorado, Boulder
3. University of Texas, Dallas
4. University of California-Davis ( would Irvine or San Diego be ambitious?)
5. Rutgers
6. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
7. University of Florida, Gainsville
8. University of Maryland, College Park
9. North Carolina State University
10. Northeastern Uni
11. Arizona State Uni
12. VirginiaTech

Specialization interests are communications & signal processing or a Telecom interdisciplinary like ITP, ENTS.

I had 3 totally unrelated backlogs. Will they matter? In all communication or telecom subjects I have scored distinction.

Pls categorize Ambi, Moderate, Safe.

Thank You.