You are correct, somewhere will work if the applicant applies to a balance of schools. Many students who come to CC are high achievers and are all deserving of getting into the right college for them. Not offended @meggieistall55 .
My kid (sample of 1) applied to 12 schools last year. Got into nine total. Three WL (accepted at two), two rejections. Her stats were very similar to OP, with 3.8 GPA. Many similar schools also, one school the same (Brown, rejected). She had a very good balance of safety, match and reach schools. However, if we had known then what we know now, we would have understood that while her stats worked on paper, at tippy top colleges they really weren’t good enough. Probably should have saved the application fees. Predictably, she didn’t get into the three most selective colleges, though she did get WL’ed at one. She is unhooked. And, she is a she. One thing in OPs favor is that males can have a small advantage at LACs.
As @Chembiodad points out, there are high schools that have relationships with some colleges. That can also be helpful. Maybe OP’s school has a relationship with a college or two.