Can I get into ASU, NEU, IUB, UC Irvine, Santa Clara, NCSU or Rutgers? GPA: 6.29/10 (Electronics

Can I get into ASU, NEU, IUB, UC Irvine, Santa Clara, NCSU or Rutgers?

GPA: 6.29/10 (Electronics and communication engineering)

Backlogs: 10

Target Major: MS in CS with AI/ML specialization

GRE: 312 (161q 151v 3w)

TOEFL: 96 (no less than 22 in each section)

Relevant online courses:
-CS231N (CNNs for Visual Recognition) by Stanford on YouTube
-Data Science Specialization by JHU through Coursera

Internships:
-one at a computer vision startup responsible for studying research papers and developing deep learning models for video classification
- one as an embedded engineer writing software for an activity monitoring device

Projects:
- Image processing based target detection algorithm for the automated landing of drones/quadcopters
- Dog Breed classifier using transfer learning
- Traffic sign recognition system using deep learning
- Real-time face recognition system using OpenCV

Other activities and awards:
- Won the first prize in the mini-project exhibition for the project "Traffic sign recognition system using deep learning"
- Participated in Kaggle Competitions and one of them attained a place in the top 12% in the leaderboard
- YouTube channel for Arduino tutorials and Projects

SOP: 8/10 and expecting solid LORs.