MS AT GEORGIA TECH IN CIVIL ENGINEERING?

i am an undergrad student of NIT Trichy doing my civil engineering over there.i have a cgpa of 8.3 out of 10 and i intend to do MS in structural engineering at georgia tech. i have a GRE score of 1400. i have done two projects at IIT Madras and one research project at SERC(Structural Engineering Research Centre)...i also have pretty good recomendations letters of which one is from a professor who had worked at georgia tech before...MY QUESTION IS WHETHER THAT RECO LETTER WILL HELP ME TO GET ADMISSION AND ALSO WHETHER I COULD HOPE TO GET A SEAT OVER THERE??? please help!!!