Hey everyone,
Thank you for all of your input, I really do appreciate it.
I am from Illinois, and my family is alright with paying full tuition at the schools I have mentioned. I am thinking of also applying to Harvey Mudd (which would definitely be a reach). I realize that a lot of the schools other than the top ones on the list are more like target/reach (I think except UIUC because I am in-state and would not be doing CS there). I labeled those schools in my list as target not because I think I can get into them with minimal effort, but because my stats are on the upper end of their accepted students.
As many of you pointed out, I also need more safeties.
I am wondering if the following safeties would be good to apply to:
UIC
Loyola
Colorado Boulder
St. Olaf’s (a lot of people at my school apply here as a safety for math)