@HiEthan Thank you!
I tend to agree with @HiEthan on this, although you could easily get shut out of all the Ivies as they have gotten so competitive these days. I think you have a good chance for Northwestern which seems to really like West Coast kids with high stats. I was just wondering though, and not it really matters at this late stage is why you did not apply to some LACs with top English programs, such as Williams, Kenyon, Hamilton, etc.?
It appears the OP did register your advice earlier with an application to the excellent Williams @londondad.
@yalehopeful017: When your acceptances arrive, you may want to consider these articles, which relate to some of your choices in the context of your academic interests:
http://college.usatoday.com/the-10-best-american-colleges-for-writers/
http://contently.net/2014/11/06/resources/10-best-colleges-creative-writers/
http://flavorwire.com/409437/the-25-most-literary-colleges-in-america
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/writing-programs
^ Got it - these posts seem to all blend in at this point!
@londondad Getting into Northwestern would be great for me! My parents are from the Midwest and I have a ton of relatives out there. My uncle even went, but they don’t count anyone but parents/grandparents for legacy.
The reason I didn’t apply to more liberal arts colleges is that I tend to prefer larger schools (I’m coming from a public high school with 2000+ kids). I did add Williams, so we’ll see how it goes! 
P.S. I also added Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, WUSTL, and a few other schools after getting deferred. I’ll keep you updated on what happens!
@merc81 Thank you! Much appreciated! Keep checking this thread if you want to see my results!
Update: Accepted to UCSD
@londondad Rejected from Northwestern…definitely came as a surprise! I was expecting a waitlist if anything.
Updates: Accepted to Johns Hopkins, Pepperdine, and UCLA
Rejected from WUSTL (showed no interest) and Northwestern
^ Congrats! JHU has an awesome English Dept.
Thank you! @londondad
@kittkatt835 You were right…Columbia 2021!!!
Final Results
Accepted at Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Cornell, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, USC, and Pepperdine
Waitlisted at Georgetown, Notre Dame, Duke, and UPenn
Rejected at Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown, Williams, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, Tufts, Northwestern, Stanford, and Yale
Columbia 2021!!!
^ Congrats! Good luck at Columbia. I think that you will love the Core Curriculum.
@londondad agreed! Columbia has been tied with Yale as my first choice for the past two years but I thought I had no chance since we usually get a few into Yale every year and haven’t been able to get anyone into Columbia for over ten years! I’m so shocked right now! Can’t believe how well everything worked out for me
Congratulations @yalehopeful017!
Thank you! @merc81
@writergirl0316 Just wanted to update you! I’ll be attending Columbia next year
My username makes no sense anymore,ugh