@teendumbledore See this list: https://www.ivyachievement.com/computer-science-rankings/
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Thanks to several people for chiming in about UT-Austin. I didn’t realize OOS was so difficult for high stats students. Apologies to OP.
I see the 7 week term as a plus for strong students - they are covering 3 classes at a time instead of 4 of 5, at an accelerated pace. While that might be more difficult for weaker students, it might be refreshing for a strong student. My daughter attended Colorado College which uses the Block Plan - one intensive class at a time. Not for everyone, but it worked well for her. She knew it was a good fit because she had taken intensive summer courses through CTY and did better in them than her regular year-long classes in high school.
Y’all can argue all you want about prestige and stats but at the end of the day, OP is going to go to the best school that lets them in. For CS, professorplum already laid out the best 4. As for Harvard, you have as good of a chance anyone can have to get in (perfect gpa, stunning extracurricular, and double legacy). If you want amazing job opportunities, having a prestigious college on your graduation certificate is important. It might be sad or superficial, but it is just true.
Good luck applying to schools! I’m sure you will do great things.
@Trashception, best based on what? It’s not like there is a scientific objective list of “best.” What’s “best” is what an applicant deems important to them. If class size is important to an applicant there are LOTS of big name schools an applicant should absolutely steer clear of. If you hate bad weather, is CMU really “best”? If you want small classes and are politically conservative is Berkeley “best”? I could go on and on, but I thinks it’s pretty clear that what’s “best” is in the eyes of the beholder.
“may be a tad lower so it not usually worth while for a CA student to apply to UT Austin.”
It not or it’s not.
Worth while. Or worthwhile?
Don’t worry folks it’s just an inside joke about fat fingers and posting.
I confused the chicken man with a University and got called out. Rightfully so. Lol.
@eyemgh I completely agree! That being said, you can have a list of requirements that are a mile long and one of those schools that professor plum recommended applying to will check all of those boxes. There are so many amazing schools in the US, and there are many types of prestigious schools that fit many different kinds of students. I don’t see a situation where you would choose a CSU or RIT over one of the top 30 CS programs. Not saying they are bad schools! Not by a longshot, OP just has the stats to reach higher 
@Trashception, what does top 30 mean? Programs that offer doctorates aren’t ranked with schools that don’t. Cal Poly is #1 for CompE, the closest analog to CS since USNWR doesn’t rank CS program’s at schools that don’t offer doctorates. It is a CSU. It has some significant advantages over the UCs mainly that class sizes are small and labs and discussions are taught by people with terminal degrees, not TAs. The same can be said of HMC and Rose. As for having the stats, it’s nearly impossible to get into Cal Poly for CS with lesser stats. When it’s said and done, they will have accepted about 5% of their CS applicants this year. There are students on the CP forum that got denied by Poly in CS but accepted to UCB and/or UCLA. They admit by a ranked algorithm. If it’s so bad, why do so many want in? Why is it so difficult to get in?