Gautam Konda

Hello, I am right now doing my final year B.Tech in EEE at JNTU, Hyderabad, India (affiliated to JNTU). I want to apply for MS in Electrical Engineering for fall 2012. My Profile: GRE: 1310 Q/800 V/510 AWA/2.5 :( TOEFL: 107 UG: 70% (until 3-2) 12th: 86.7%(SSC) 10th: 80%(ICSE) Achievements: -Certified innovator by CII for the year 2010 -Represented an automation company at IGBC 2010 -Developed a very low cost and highly efficient fire alarm and showcased it at an international symposium at IITM -Developed a wireless electricity transmission model and presented it at various symposiums in IITB, NITW -Got 90 percentile in GATE 2011 in junior year itself. I am planning to start my application process in a week or two and I would be very if someone could suggest me whether I have a chance of getting into the following universities: - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - University of California, Los Angeles - University of California, Santa Barbara - Princeton University - Arizona State University - University of Southern California - Carnegie Mellon University - Purdue University Since my AWA score is terrible, I found out that Georgia Tech is out of bounds. Please evaluate my profile and give your comments on the universities I mentioned above. I would very much be grateful if you could suggest some good universities for my profile as well.