Help me find safety/match schools!

College Search & Selection
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Hello! I am a rising senior applying for college for the fall 2021 school year. As I look at my list of schools, I am worried I do not have enough safety or match options. Could you please help me find schools that are similar to those that I have listed? This list is long. I do not intend to apply to every school on here, but as I am researching most of these fit the criteria that I would like in a school.

Quick Facts
School: Large Public High School in Las Vegas, NV (not extremely competitive)
GPA: 4.0 UW 4.9 W
Class rank: 7th of 750
ACT: 31 (34E 31R 29M 28S)
AP Classes: 10th grade: World History
11th Grade: US History, English Lit, Seminar
12th Grade: English Lang, Gov&Politics, Research (depending on how school scheduling works out I may take Calc AB or Stats, Bio or Chem or Physics, *one science one math)
Lots of Honors Classes
White (European&Middle Eastern) Hispanic Male
Third Generation College Student
ECs: Lots of leadership (Student Body President, State Board Officer etc) Work experience, state and national awards, 700+ hours of community service, freelance photography business

Intended Major: Political Science, Public Policy, Economics, Business

Would love: Larger school, East or West Coast, D1 sports a plus, Flexibility of Academics (Quarter system, double major, etc.)

Reach Schools on my list:
Boston University
Cornell University
Duke University
Vanderbilt University
USC
University of Virginia
UCLA
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University

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Budget?

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Budget is fortunately a non factor as my grandmother has a fund to fully pay for all of her grandchildren’s college

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If your grandmother can safely shell out $80k each year for 4 years, then you don’t need to worry about financial issues. Ask your guidance counselor to give you a list of places that have never rejected an applicant from your high school who had your stats. That will help you start to find some very safe options. For your true safeties, you need places that have automatic admission for your stats. There will be quite a few for a 4.0 GPA and 31 ACT. Here is one older thread that will give you ideas of where to start looking: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1562918-updated-list-of-schools-with-auto-admit-guaranteed-admission-criteria-p1.html