If you like the residential college system at Yale, Rice has that as well. Rice does not have Greek life so the social life is centered in the residential colleges. Many students apply to both schools. Students at Rice are required to take some classes in addition to their major in a number of areas, one of which is humanities. Although Rice has a reputation as a STEM school, the humanities courses there are excellent too. Seriously consider all the QB schools mentioned in this thread. You can rank up to 12. https://www.questbridge.org/high-school-students/national-college-match/rankings
Have you considered TCNJ as a state safety? Its highly ranked and competitive. And given your stats, you would probably get a near full ride at Rowan, another state school which would be an absolute safety, with wonderful engineering program.
Your opinion counts! You are the one who best knows the environment which you feel comfortable in. Don’t worry about my pride, but it does show what we used to call “good manners.”
There are very few Humanities majors, but a good number of Humanities courses. It has a serious life support system. See: https://www.wpi.edu/academics/departments/humanities-arts. If in doubt about your major, I would suggest Case-Western. I was one of only two Economics Majors at WPI. We both were accepted into PhD programs and received all the attention we wanted, but that was a long time ago.
Note that Niche rankings are based largely on the overall student ratings and that WPI has their highest rating at A+. Not every student is happy at any school. When I saw your response and checked in on Niche I was very disappointed by the single lead review where the student clearly is unhappy and seems to feel their is nothing to do. It sounds like this student has no friends and/or no activities outside of class. Also I read that the student had decided they did not want Engineering five months into the program as a first year student.
Educators know that wherever you go, you will do better when you get involved with activities that keep you moving and participating in a support group. There is some irony to it, but sports, musical groups, drama clubs, charitable organizations etc. are a support to your academic efforts. When you are involved in very challenging programs, it helps to balance your time commitment with other activities you really enjoy. You will actually learn more and take some pressure off.
You define your support group by selecting activities. Wherever you go, what would you support group be?
Is NJ your home state for tuition purposes?
If so, you are lucky to have Rutgers as an in-state option. I think you have a great shot at the Honors College and merit aid plus financial aid. To be safe, I would add 1 or 2 more publics out of TCNJ, NJIT, Rowan. I would drop Kean.
Because you have some very good public options, you can focus on your reaches.
I would drop Cornell, JHU, USC, Boston College.
I personally think applying to all of HYPSM + Columbia and Penn is a bit overkill, but okay.
I like Rice for you… adds some geographic diversity to the mix, outstanding STEM, tight-knit community and residential college system.
Other schools to consider
Brown U
Tufts U
U Rochester
Case Western Reserve U
Northeastern U
Lehigh U
Just throwing in more support for Rice. As a few other posters mentioned, it has the residential system that you loved at Yale. However, does anyone know if Rice still only guarantees housing for three years, not four? It does not mean that one cannot live on campus all four years, but you’d probably have to be lucky in the housing lottery (though it should be cheaper to live off-campus for the final year, sharing room and board costs among several apartment mates).
Otherwise, Rice seems like that perfect mixture of strong STEM and humanities offerings. Actually, many of the top STEM(ish) schools (Carnegie M, Rochester, MIT, Hopkins) are much stronger in the humanities than many believe. In fact, for the undergraduate level, I don’t see any real difference between being an English major at Rice and an English major at Pomona. Of course, you’re not looking to major in the humanities; you simply want a school that provides strong instruction in this area. You should be fine.
Rice guarantees housing for 3 years. Most students move off either sophomore or junior year and return for senior year. Officers of the college etc. are able to live on all 4 years. Many off camps students live in houses and apartments very close to campus and participate in their residential college’s activities even while living off campus.
I would focus on adding more matches!! I wish I did that for my college list. I highly recommend Northeastern, and perhaps you should consider BU and Pitt.
What about LACs? Perhaps Hamilton, Lafayette, Vassar, or Wesleyan? They don’t really fit the environment you’re looking for, but I’m sure there are a few LACs by the city if you are interested! They definitely give you that “well rounded” education you’re looking for 
Have you considered Purdue, Va Tech., University of Illinois and Arizona State? There are several really strong CS and Engineering schools out there that should be on your list. Best of luck!
Have you considered Purdue, Va Tech., University of Illinois and Arizona State? There are several really strong CS and Engineering schools out there that should be on your list. Best of luck!
OP is a QuestBridge applicant (i.e. family income < $65,000), so Purdue, VT, and UIUC are probably unaffordable without big merit that should be considered a reach. ASU has a scholarship estimator on its web site, but it looks like the scholarships estimated will still leave too high a net price, so it also will be a reach for bigger merit (OP can check ASU’s scholarship estimator at https://scholarships.asu.edu/estimator ).
Hey, so I wanted to thank you guys for all your advice. It’s really been helpful. I’ve been doing some research on the colleges you’ve suggested and I’ve been able to cut out some schools and add some to create a better balance. My new college list is as follows:
REACH
Harvard
Stanford(QB)
Yale(QB)
Princeton(QB
Columbia(QB)
Cornell
UPenn(QB)
MIT(QB)
MATCH
Boston College
Northeastern
University of Rochester
Haverford College(QB)
George Washington University
SAFETY
Kean
Rutgers
Rowan
So now more than half of my schools are safety or match schools, which I feel like is a much more balanced list. Again, thanks so much for all of your help.