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Hi All, I think I have landed in the right place. I need all of your help to help me in my application process. My Profile is as follows, GRE :1290 (2nd attempt) / 1220 (1st attempt) Maths:740 (2nd attempt) / 740 (1st attempt) Verbal:560 (2nd attempt) / 480 (1st attempt) TOEFL :111 Academic Profile •Information Technology, Sri Sai Ram Engg College, Affiliated to Anna University – 89.62 (2009) (Anna University Fourth Rank in all the colleges located in the state of Tamil Nadu) •Higher Secondary – 94.50 (2005) (School Fourth Ranker) •Secondary – 89.73 (2003) (School First Ranker) Work Experience •Freelancing in Scriptlance (SEO, Java, VB) – 4years (Work was done concurrent to my course work to keep my skills sharpen) •Symantec Software Corporation (Automation Engineer) – 2year (submitted prototype for Mobile Application in Norton) •BlackBerry, Android and iPhone Mobile Apps Development – 4 months (started prototyping) Projects •S3 Mobility(Safe Transport):Team Leader in a team of 2, used Embedded C, DBMS, Java •Automatic Exchange:Team Leader-RMI Coder in a team of 3, used RMI, DBMS. •Isharra Prakash(Speech Engine):Team Player-Java Coder in a team of 2,used Java, DBMS. Research Skills Demonstrated-National and International Conferences S3 mobility was presented in, •IET International Conference (IET Students Chapter) at Dr.MGR University. •IEEE International conference organized at Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College. •NCCC 09 International Conference at Ganadipathy Tulsis Jain Engineering College. S3 mobility was selected in, •IEEE International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics. •IEEE International Conference on Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE 2009). •International Conference on Computer and Network Technology (ICCNT 2009). •IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IEEE IV09). •IEEE International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics(IEEE SOLI09). •IEEE International Conference on Control Systems Society Conference Management System. •National Conference on Advanced Computer Systems – NCACS 09- Hindustan College of Engineering. Nano Robots in Cancer Treatment was selected in, •International Conference On Emerging Mechanical Technology-Macro To Nano (EMTM2N-2007) Birla Institute Of Technology & Science (BITS, Plani), India. Research Skills Demonstrated-Technical Events •S3 Mobility was chosen to be the “Colleges Best Project in the batch 2005-2009” and awarded scholarship for the tremendous effort been taken. •S3 Mobility achieved fame in MOTOROLA contest, Tamil Nadu Student Project Contest and INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering). Research Skills Demonstrated-National Level Technical Presentations •Nano Robots in Cancer Treatment- B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Engg College (1st Prize). •Isharra Prakash-Complete & Globalised Web Access System- SRM University. •Virtual Automatic Telephone Exchange. Kriya 2008-PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore (1st Prize). Interface 2k8-Coimbatore Institute of Technology. (2nd Prize). Samhita 08-Madras Institute of Technology. Quark 08-BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus. Yashas08-Tagore Engineering College. Fenestra08-Mohamed Sathak A J College of Engg (2nd Prize). •S3 Mobility (Smart, Safe, Secure Mobility). Anna University, College of Engineering Guindy (1st Prize). Cybyrus09-Pondicherry Engineering College (1st Prize). Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College (1st Prize). SZERSZAMUNE09-Valliammai Engineering College (1st Prize). F-ELE-COM (Inoui 08)-Srinivasa Institute of Engineering and Technology (1st Prize). Ametros 2k9, Anand Institute of Higher Technology (1st Prize). Protocol 11e-Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering. Ozmenta 08-Velammal Engineering College. Pragyan2009-NIT(National Institute of Technology) Tirchy. INFOTREK 09- Pondicherry Engineering College. Research Skills(Paper:S3 mobility) Recognized – National Level Technical Presentations •Karmayudh09-Sri Krishna Engineering College •Threads09-Sona college of tech. •Electro Focus 09-MIT,Madras Institute of technology •SPAC 09-Kongu Engineering College •Vision 2009-College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University •Elite 09-Sri Nandhanam College of Engineering and Technology •i-Paperidae of i-Fest09-GITAM University •I-Fest09-Nirma university •Automeet09-MIT, Madras Institute of technology •Kshaktriya09-Bharathidasan University •Pranav 09-Meenakshi Sundarajan Engg College •Tecuthsav 09-Thiagarajar College of Engineering •Magnum Opus09-IT Bhu, Institute Of Technology, Banaras Hindu University •Pratiyog 09-Jeppiar Engineering College •Mirage,Asymptote 09-MIT, Madras Institute Of Technology •Exegesis,Asymptote 09-MIT, Madras Institute Of Technology •Poster Presentation at the Map World Forum Technical Committee •interrupt08-Sri Venkateswara College Of Engineering •Meropis-St.Josephs college of Engineering •Sristi 10-Kakatiya Institute Of Technology,Warangal •Jetsignum08-St.Josephs College Of Engineering •Tekblaze08- Bharathidasan Engineering College •Protocol 11e-Sri Venkateshwara College Of Engineering •Exponents08-Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, •Axis08-The Technical Festival Of VNIT,Nagpur. •Srinivasa Institute Of Engineering And Technology •Conoscenza 08- Kings College Of Engg •Samhita08-MIT •Mw4soc 2006 – Workshop On Middleware For Service Oriented Computing •Aarohan-NIT Durgapur •Tecuthsav-Thiagarajar College Of Engineering •Teletec08- Thiagarajar College Of Engineering Co-Curricular Activities (1st Prize) •Ametros 2k8, Anand Institute of Higher Technology -Debugging, Quiz, Gaming, Programming. •Samhita 08, Madras Institute of Technology -Debugging, Quiz, Programming. •Fenestra 08, Mohamed Sathak A J College of Engg -Debugging Honors •Member of CSI society (2005-2009) •Member of SPOJ programming community (2006-2007) Colleges that I have chosen after careful research is as follows, Ambitious: University of California--Berkeley - Berkeley, CA University of Texas-Austin (Cockrell) - Austin, TX University of Wisconsin--Madison - Madison, WI University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) - La Jolla, CA Columbia University (Fu Foundation) - New York, NY University of Minnesota--Twin Cities - Minneapolis, MN University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA Duke University (Pratt) - Durham, NC Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) - Baltimore, MD University of California--Irvine (Samueli) - Irvine, CA University of California-Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara, CA University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ SUNY--Stony Brook - Stony Brook, NY Ambi/Mod: University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) - Los Angeles, CA Pennsylvania State University--University Park - University Park, PA Ohio State University - Columbus, OH Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC Iowa State University - Ames, IA University of Florida - Gainesville, FL Mod: Arizona State University (Fulton) - Tempe, AZ University of Colorado—Boulder - Boulder, CO Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR Safe: University of Southern California (Viterbi) - Los Angeles, CA Boston University - Boston, MA University of Pittsburgh (Swanson) - Pittsburgh, PA Northeastern University - Boston, MA University of California--Riverside (Bourns) - Riverside, CA University of Illinois—Chicago - Chicago, IL University of California--Santa Cruz (Baskin) - Santa Cruz, CA Unknown: University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign - Urbana, IL University of Michigan--Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor, MI California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA Cornell University - Ithaca, NY Princeton University - Princeton, NJ Purdue University-West Lafayette - West Lafayette, IN University of Washington - Seattle, WA University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) - College Park, MD Rice University (Brown) - Houston, TX Northwestern University (McCormick) - Evanston, IL Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Troy, NY Washington University in St Louis (Sever) - St Louis, MO Brown University - Providence, RI University of California—Davis - Davis, CA Yale University - New Haven, CT University of Massachusetts—Amherst - Amherst, MA Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick - Piscataway, NJ Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI Dartmouth College (Thayer) - Hanover, NH University of Rochester - Rochester, NY University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT University of Texas--Dallas Indiana University – Bloomington The list is bit lengthy. Actually am planning to apply to 4 ambi/3mod/3safe. So I'll choosing all these categories from the above mentioned. So, can someone please evaluate them as to whether they are in the right category. If not please let me know where I have to include them. In addition, I have found other good Computer Engg programs in the Unknown section too. Can you please tell me in which category they fall into? Calmlogic, can you please throw light on it. Thanks, Saranya Your views and suggestions are highly important to me as they are going to shape my life to a great extent. Thanks in advance. Waiting eagerly for responses.