<p>I don’t want to sound snarky but, I don’t like students like you. If you’re focusing on prestige rather than what FITS you, you’re looking at the admission process ALL WRONG. Sure with those grades and that ACT you have a great shot at these competitive schools but when you say something like " and other schools with similar acceptance rates" you have an ever higher chance of ending up at a school miserable. Acceptance rates are VERY misleading as to competitiveness. A school with a 40% acceptance rate could have an applicant pool with 400 valedictorians , 2200+ and 4.0 GPAs whereas, a school with a 5% acceptance rate can have an applicant pool of people with only 1200s and 1.6 GPAs. FIND A SCHOOL THAT FITS YOU!!!</p>