<p>Hey, well its about high time I apply.... Thats it now. I need help in shortlisting my final colleges. Can someone help me out with this one????</p>
<p>GRE 1490 [800Q 690V 5.5 AWA]
TOEFL 115
Acads 65.14%
Mumbai University Computer Engineering
2 years 3 month work ex in a Software Firm as a software (designer/technical writer (Simultaneously with College) (Still on..)
1 month internship in an multinational computer organization (Work project was on making an Image Processor in Java)
12 websites made in a period of 2 years or so.
I worked in a citywide Social Service Organization AADHAR, volunteering and organizing drives for rehabilitation, medical awareness etc. for a few years and they were good enough to give me a letter of appreciation
Was on College Editorial Board with half a dozen articles published in the college magazine
College Fest Technical and Sponsorship team</p>
<p>Research Papers on Retinal Scanning and Segmentation techniques on Radiology Images (Work still in progress....will put em up for publication by November.....after I apply)
Research Papers on QR Code applications and Web Mining Techniques...(i'm making them mostly on my own and will get them validated by a guide..)</p>
<p>Experience with Game Mods in for games like UT2004 and Temple of Elemental Evil
Currently I'm my College's Quizzing Team Captain...
College Projects.....on:</p>
<ol>
<li>In depth study of Dot Matrix printers (Jr College)</li>
<li>CG Projects on games, database projects....</li>
<li>Project on Implementation of QR Code Encryption and Decryption techniques in Book Taggin</li>
<li>Work Project on the Creation of a Carpooling application based on SMSes for CMC Employees </li>
<li>Final Year project is on the implementation of A Text Editor cum Image Processor for cell phones.</li>
<li>Projects on Automatic Breaking Systems and Fuzzy Logic Vehicle Classification Techniques</li>
</ol>
<p>I'm also working in a few startups on the side. Especially one thats focussing on tablet computing.</p>
<p>National Level elocution,quizzing and debating certificates.....and some other miscellaneous stuff like college technical teams, sponsorship teams!</p>
<p>Phew...looks like I've written down my complete profile. What are my chances for the following colleges (all for a non-thesis Masters in CS). I'm looking for a spec in A.I. Or Game Development:</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon LTI/HCI/INI (If you could, please run me through what the three of these programs mean)
Cornell (Will the 1 year course cause any problems, or is it like other MS programs??)
UC LA
UC Berkeley (Some people told me I have a better chance here than UCSD or UCLA...!)
UC San Diego (I've heard they dont take MU people...do I stand a chance here? Its my dream college)
UC Irvine (This or USC?)
Stanford (This is the college I daydream about. I need one super-aspirational college, and this is it.)
University of Southern California (Game Development Spec) (I'm a bit on the fence about this one, since it's expensive and apparently not well reputed????)
UT Austin
Texas A&M (Should I go for this or USC)
University of Florida (Is it worth it? I need atleast 2 safe colleges)
Penn State (Here, or UPenn?)
Georgia Tech (Do I stand a decent chance here?)
University of Pennsylvania (Is the game dev spec here only for 1 year?)
New York University
University of Michigan Ann Arbor (Here or the three UC's?)
Yale
Ohio State
Rutgers
NCSU
UNC Chapel Hill
And of course, University of Massachusetts Amherst</p>
<p>Finally, I need to choose 1-2 rather ambitious and 2-3 safe universities... any university suggestions would be welcome. In all I'm going to be sending 12 applications so if you can, please help me shortlist them.... </p>
<p>Sorry, I know its extensive. But I'm on the verge of finalizing and this are pretty much my final choices. I need to narrow down about ten. Any colleges you might suggest would be most appreciated. </p>
<p>And thank you for all the guidance your site has given me...</p>