I am hoping to go get a terminal Masters in CS preferably with a focus on distributed systems.
I went to a top 10 undergrad CS program and graduated in Spring 2018. My GPA isn’t amazing, only 3.2 Overall with about 3.3 in CS. What I do have going for me is that I’ve been working full time on distributed systems since then at a Big N software company - if things go well I can even get my name on a patent. I did decent on the GRE and got a 168 on both verbal and math. I’ve wanted to get my Masters but so far have not really gotten an honest assessment of where I can even apply, the responsive have ranged from "you should only apply to Stanford/Berkeley/MIT " to “just go get an online degree” neither of which really seems accurate. Thanks for any advice you have.