Please help in finding suitable universities

[richa213]

i am currently studying in the last year of mechanical engineering at Mumbai University (India). my scores are as follows:-

average of six semesters so far:- ~75%
GRE score:- 1500 (V=700, Q=800)
TOEFL score:- 116
i have no extra curricular activities to brag about. the recommendation letters too are going to be ordinary and trite.

i want to apply for MS in aerospace. can anyone please tell me what are my chances of getting into the following universities? which ones can i be hopeful about? which ones are way out of my league? what are the other universities to which i should apply? any information will be highly appreciated.

1 Illinois
2 Michigan
3 Texas at Austin
4 Purdue
5 Texas A & M
6 Princeton
7 Penn State
8 Minnesota State
9 Ohio State
10 Virginia Tech
11 UC-Irvine
12 Colorado

Thank you in advance.

[sushanthku]

your gpa and gre are excellent.. drop princeton,
minnesota state?? you sure abt this . it shud be univ of minnesota twin cities.
keep a couple of safe ones. and almost all univ you mentioned are expensive.
work on your statement of purpose

[sushanthku]

consider gatech and univ of maryland

[richa213]

Thanks for your reply. I have prepared a new list now, it is as follows:-
(no. in bracket gives the overall rank acc. to US News 2009 report)

University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign (5)
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (9)
Purdue - West Lefayette (12)
Texas A& M University (14)
University of Maryland - College Park (17)
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (23)
Penn State University - University Park (23)
Virginia Tech (27)
University of Colorado - Boulder (40)

As you have said, I too feel like adding 1 or 2 safe universities, but I'm not sure which ones to consider safe.
Do you think it's a good iea to remove University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (9) and instead apply to University of Florida and University of North Carolina? Can you suggest any other safe university?

Thanks again.

[sushanthku]

texas a&m reconsider as they only admit people with iit,nit tag

[richa213]

So no other change is required to the list? I mean, do you think that I'll get an admit for sure in one of these? Of course no one can be sure but at least do you think I have good chance of getting into one of those?
And can you suggest some safe universities please?
Thanks.