Any safety school for MS in CS or HCI?

Graduate School
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<p>I currently have a 3.4 at UIUC CS with technical being around 3.35 (couple of very disgusting C's in core CS classes...)</p>

<p>My expected GRE score is around 5~600V - 77~800M and 3~4 A.</p>

<p>I have two internship experiences, and a mediocre research experience. (I am mostly interested in professional masters, since I am not interested in PhD).</p>

<p>My SOP will be okay I guess, with hopefully okay recommendations from professors.</p>

<p>I do know that CS masters admission is very competitive, and would like to know if there are any safety schools I should apply for.</p>

<p>Also, any suggestions in match schools will be great too.</p>

<p>I plan to apply to 5~6 schools (excluding UIUC, as I do not have the grades to get into BS/MS program).</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>CMU, USC, UTA, they are great schools for you, depends where you want to spend you graduation life, and the specific area you are in</p>

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<p>bumpity bump bump</p>

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<p>I have known some Asian friends who can get in the CS program at USC with GRE-V of 400 and the similar GPA as yours. I guess USC admits lots of applicants (probably hundreads) each year while the number of applicants is not that huge.</p>

<p>With your profile, I believe USC may be one of your safety schools. Also, look at the USNews CS rank and pick some not-to-small programs below rank 30. They shold be good for you.</p>