Piling on for CU Boulder.
Adding UVermont.
Apply to the Honors college at both.
Defend the Honors opportunities.
Add Colorado state, Montana state, same thing to defend that wirh Honors.
Why be one among many, when you can have tons of special attention and opportunities?
Don’t apply to UNR though, it’d decredibilize your efforts as it’s in the bottom of all state (non directional and even directional) universities. Apply by October and applybtoball possible merit scholarships. If you win big scholarships it may suddenly make more sense to your parents 
Add a few universities your grandparents are into.
Middlebury has its own ski resort, right? As does Dartmouth.