help find schools for MS in Computer Science with Potential PhD in the future

[thienthan98]

Hello everyone, I need some helps on finding the schools fitting my profile:
BS in Computer Science with CS GPA=3.3 and Overall GPA 3.4
Undergrad School: Nationally not well-known (U.S)
GRE: 1st Attempt (V-360) (Q-640) (AWA-3.5)
2nd Attempt (V-620) (Q-580) (AWA-still waiting for score report)
Goal: Intend to pursue M.S CS in short term
In long-term, plan to come back for PhD
M.S CS education will be fully funded from the company.

Please give me some advices.

Thanks

[MDK]

I would strongly recommend retaking the GRE, because 640 on the quantitative section is very low for Engineering departments. Another option is to apply for universities that don't ask for GRE (GWU for example).

[thienthan98]

MDK, thank you for your response.
I plan to attend graduate school in Sping 2009. Therefore, I still probably have sometimes to retake the GRE. However, my worry about retaking the test is that I may possibly get lower score on the verbal because English is my second language. I saw a few postings in this forum with the content expressing the lower scores on the second attempt. By any chances, what do you suggest for improving my quantitative score? I took a lot of math courses in college, so I had alot confidence in my mathematical ability. With that in mind, I did not spend much time to study for quant section at all for the two previous attempts (During these two tests, I spent so much time using long and tedious calculations to solve the quant problems. I ran out of time at the end). On the other hand, after my abysmal score in the verbal section of my first attempt. I spent a lot of time study for this section. Even though, I am not so confident on the reading comprehension questions.

At the begining of this post, I mentioned that I plan to attend grad school in Spring 2009. However, I applied to some schools for the fall 2008 and hope to request for a deferment after getting accepted. In addition, If getting rejected, I can also try to analyze my profile's weaknesses and try to imrove my profile for the spring application. From my perspective, I also believe that my GRE Quant score is kind of low for the CS program.
These are the schools I applied so far:
University of Arizona
University of TX-Dallas: total GRE score must be at least 1200 (V+Q)
University of TX-Arlington
New Mexico State University

What is my chance of getting accepted into University of TX-Dallas? I believe this school has a very decent CS program. I like its research institute (CyberSecurity and Emergency Preparedness Institute). The reason is that I want to specialize in Computer Network and Network Security.

[MDK]

By any chances, what do you suggest for improving my quantitative score? I took a lot of math courses in college, so I had alot confidence in my mathematical ability. With that in mind, I did not spend much time to study for quant section at all for the two previous attempts (During these two tests, I spent so much time using long and tedious calculations to solve the quant problems

There is no wonder that math gurus don't ace the quantitative section. I know a math genius who got 760 on the quantitative. It's not about measuring your mathematical abilities . It merely tests your ability to solve problems in limited time. And that's why you only encounter high school math questions.
Preparation for the quantitative section shouldn't be hard on you, specially because you have taken many courses in calculus. You only need to practice for the test and to learn some hacks and techniques that gives the ability to finish the test on the time. I have encountered some threads on the Quantitative Preparation Forum that lists some tips and hacks, you may have a look on such threads.

I may possibly get lower score on the verbal because English is my second language

I am really impressed by the advancement you achieved in raising your score from 360 to 620, and I would like to know how you did so because I'm not a native speaker and my Verbal score was abysmal too. Anyways, as long as you stays in the 500ish level there is no need to be worried because the committee is not expecting more than this score.