BS - 3 years , MS - 2 years
GRE - Q-760
V- 750
A - ?
PGRE - 760/67% (missed 20 questions

TOEFL - 113 (ibt)
Research
- 2 month radio astronomy summer project at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
- 4 month project to be done during my 4th semester of MSc (Jan-May 2009) on "Schroedinger Group - Symmetries of the Scroedinger Equation"
No publications yet.
Interests - Astrophysics(tilt towards theory), HEP (theory/expt), Chaos/Non Linear Dynamics. Me would be happy to work on any of these me thinks. But i would like to go to a LARGE department to have all options. I also want to be in the east/west coast or the north.
Thinking of applying to-
Rutgers - NJ
U Minn Twin Cities
Purdue
Stony Brook
U Pittsburgh
U Florida/Florida State
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
U Delaware
U Hawaii Astro
Case Western
U Notre Dame
Cornell Astro
a couple Canadian; not sure where
I have sent my free score reports to the following places but after getting my PGRE scores, will not be applying. Thoughts?
U Penn
UC Berkeley
U MD College prk
UIUC
What are my chances?
Do i have enough safeties?
Do i have enough reaches?
Which 4-5 schools should i eliminate frm this list to bring it down a to reasonable #?
Is it pointless to apply to Cornell astro?
Should i save 1500 $ and apply next year, try and do some project during the gap? (I'm pretty sure i can get a PGRE > 950 with some timing practice)
Replies to any of the questions would be much appreciated.