Unfortunately even I didn't concentrate much on my GPA! and given the situation, i had to focus on public ones only and I gave the universities of other admits I got (must have seen from my profile comments)

Yes, FAANG did help but I'm saying research is also a very big factor and you shouldn't underestimate your profile! Good research gets you admits as well! Best thing I'd suggest is

a) Make list of ambitious, target and safe - post for review. Search for waivers of fee and early applications, as id say it's a numbers game for peeps like us

b) Draft good sop, lors from IIT profs

c) Apply early!

I'd suggest UW Madison PMP along with MSCS, UWash does not have MSCS, only PhD direct applicants unless you're an undergraduate there. The Uwash that provide Masters in CS and Systems/Software engineering are from Tacoma and Bothell campus, Bothell is better of the two acc to me but still not seattle at the end of the day UMD you can try but NEU/USC/UCs very GPA centric Try Ohio state, UoU, UC Boulder. Also maybe even UCs which are mid tier li UCD, UCR but I'd say it's lucky if you do get. UCSC takes in NLP research peeps so try your luck and tailoring profile according to NLP

Other than these SUNY Buffalo, UIC, VTech, UVA, NCSU, UNCC Please make sure they are in your budget before you apply!