<p>i'm doing my bachelors in civil engineering(7th sem) from india , I want to pursue MS in structural engineering . Im confused with my choice of universities. My gpa is 8.6 on a 10 point scale, im not able to convert it properly into US gpa . I came to know that most universities have their own conversion systems but can anyone tell me what will be my gpa (approx) on US sytem.Is it possible to get into a good university with this gpa? Does extra curricular activities are of lot importance bcaz im not having much excepting participation in some clubs and bit of other things.I have been adviced to look into univ such as univ of cincinnati, ut arlington,univ of colorado boulder,california state university , northridge .. Are these univ good in terms of international reputation and structural programme? Can anyone suggest me some other good univ according to my resume?</p>