<p>You will be considered in state. Unfortunately many state schools don't consider the fact that your school might be much more competitive than their local publics. UCs do get some applications from NE preps, but I wouldn't think that many. You may well do better applying to privates which know the preps.</p>
<p>I don't know where you rank with a 3.5 at your school, but at the top preps a 3.5 isn't bad and should get you into much better privates than the ones on your list, especially with 2200 plus SATs. What about the Claremont colleges?</p>