<p>You look like a solid applicant for all your schools. And you also happened to rank them by selectivity, haha so your favorite school will also probably be the hardest for you to get into.
What I did last year was start drafting my essays as soon as possible. It was really helpful in the long run, as I was done with all of my applications in October and I was able to concentrate on my senior year classes (I took 5 APs, so it was nice to not be worrying about applications like all of my other friends.) So that’s my suggestion for you…start to think about how you can set yourself apart in your essays and make your application shine. And make sure you obviously keep up the good grades, etc, warm up to teachers you’ll be asking for recommendations and all of that stuff. Good luck!</p>