Apply to 1-2 Ivy Leaugue schools, then schools like Rice, Vandy, USC and Duke where you just might get merit aid, then a few schools like Tulane, U Rochester, Case Western, and Northeastern where you will likely get aid, then a few true financial safeties like UGA, GTech and UA. You are a likely NMF? So make sure some of the NMF scholarship schools are on your list: USC, UA, Drexel. Check out Temple, too. This way you will have a variety of choices that cost different amounts. It may come down to your parents being more willing to pay more for certain schools over other schools. Since you might not know their financial situation, you might think about hedging your bets. $100,000 income at an Ivy League school will receive more aid than at other less aid generous schools.