Thread: Admission to Spring 2015 in CS | GRE 319 | TOEFL 111

Hi All,

I have a few queries regarding admission for MS in CS (professional) in the United States for Spring 2015. My profile is as follows:

10th: 80%
12th (Science Major): 66%
UG (BE in Telecommunication Engg, Atria Inst of Tech, 2012): 74%

GRE: 319 (QA - 163, VR - 156, AWA - 4)
TOEFL: 111

Total Work Experience: 20 Months as of now as a Software Engineer in a Fortune 500 company and an Indian software major
Professional Achievements: Nominated for Achiever of the Year, 2013; Nominated for Achiever of the Month for the months of Sep and Dec 2013
Professional Certification: Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer
Other Achievements: Editor of two books and numerous research articles. Author of a research paper published in an international journal.
Published papers: 'Internet Access in Remote Areas Using NXP Microcontroller & GSM Modem' in International Journal of Internet Computing (ISSN No: 2231-6965, Volume 1, Issue 4, Page 11-15, 2012)

The universities I am considering are:

1. Carnegie Mellon University
2. Cornell University
3. University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
4. University of Texas at Austin
5. University of Washington - Seattle
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7. University of California - Berkeley
8. Georgia Institute of Technology
9. California Institute of Technology
10. University of California - LA
11. University of California - San Diego
12. Georgia Institute of Technology
13. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
14. University of Wisconsin - Madison
15. University of Southern California
16. University of Pennsylvania
17. Illinois Institute of Technology

I need to shortlist universities from these based on the following questions I have:

1. Do these universities offer Spring semester for CS?
2. Which of them are safe and which ones should I be looking to apply?
3. Are there any other good universities I should be looking at?

Kindly help me. Thank you in advance.
Shahid M Zubair

Carnegie Mellon University- dream
2. Cornell University- ambi
3. University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign- ambi
4. University of Texas at Austin- ambi
5. University of Washington - Seattle- ambi
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology- ambi
7. University of California - Berkeley- ambi
8. Georgia Institute of Technology- ambi
9. California Institute of Technology- ambi
10. University of California - LA- ambi
11. University of California - San Diego- ambi, 50/50 chance
12. Georgia Institute of Technology-ambi, dont apply twice
13. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor- ambi
14. University of Wisconsin - Madison- ambi, 50/50 chance
15. University of Southern California-mod
16. University of Pennsylvania-ambi
17. Illinois Institute of Technology-safe