<p>Bear in mind that colleges give big scholarships to students who are significantly overqualified for their college. What’s the purpose of the scholarship - to land a few students who wouldn’t otherwise go there. So your easy full rides will be at lesser universities, and schools like Wash U will have stiff competition for a limited number of spots. But why not go for them? Though they’re on the wrong side of the country for you, I’d suggest the Belk Scholarship at Davidson, the Robertson Scholars at North Carolina and Richardson Scholars at UNC and Duke. You could also see if your HS counselor would nominate you for the Jefferson Scholars program at U.Va.</p>