OK people have finished applying.
Now the wait begins.
Hope I get an admit somewhere.
I have two papers now at international conferences
A project under TIFAC-CORE
Very strong recos.
I finally decided on the following Univs.
UC SB,UC SD,USC,UIC,Uni of Arizona,Penn State,Ohio State,NC State ,GAtech..
I know not too many safes.
IMO safes are UIC and USC(not really sure)..
I hope i have not been overtly optimistic.
All said and done,I have applied.
Thank you everyone for helping out.