OK… Hopefully you have some schools on your list that give merit money… and… hopefully your parents decide early on how much they can afford to contribute from current income.
Do you have any siblings who will also be in college?
By some statistical factors, you may be looking at, at most, 41 colleges:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10
However, by subjective aspects, such as degree of undergraduate focus, you could consider your potential field to be much wider.
@twogirls I have a sibling who is ten years younger.
@merc81 Sorry, do you mean that those 41 colleges are comparable to UCLA/Berkeley?
@verysarcastic : Those 41 might be the country’s only colleges that are more selective than UCB by readily comparable factors, and therefore might satisfy an objective aspect in terms out-of-state opportunities of quantifiable academic quality, at least when approximated by an indication (standardized scoring) of the academic preparation of incoming students.
Oh okay, thank you.
With respect to “not [being] a partier,” and the fact that you liked Wellesley, I suggest you consider Mount Holyoke, Smith and Bryn Mawr. These four are similarly challenging, excellent colleges for women filled with dynamic, intellectually engaged students. They tend to have many cross applicants who choose one over the others based on factors beyond rankings. Mount Holyoke, Smith and Bryn Mawr, in contrast to Wellesley, do nicely offer merit scholarships.
I recommend you seriously consider LACs in general – whether women’s colleges or coed schools – as the distinctly undergraduate focus and intimate residential setting of a small liberal arts college is available to you only once in a lifetime.
Reed, not yet mentioned, might belong on your list somewhere.
“I’ve accepted that it is likely I will not get into them and thus need matches/safeties where I will still be happy at.”
You will need a couple of matches, your safeties as you pointed out will be the UCs (aside from UCB or UCLA). But why do you think you won’t get into any of your reaches with your stats and ECs?
@theloniusmonk Just the nature of applying to extremely selective colleges like Yale. So many qualified applicants will inevitably be rejected. I have hope, but I’m steeling myself so I won’t be too dejected if I don’t get in.
CC loves to throw out college names. But meanwhile, OP, you will need to match yourself, to find a reasonable list and put forth a good app and supps. So far, what I see is what you want.
That’s not enough. It’s half the equation and the schools make the admit decisions, they hold the cards. And more than a few listed here will want kids who can put those pieces together, have the drive to figure out what really makes a match, then show how you fit what they want.
@verysarcastic,
As mentioned, Smith may be of interest. The college has an open curriculum, so completing double major is very doable. Northampton was designated one of the top 10 small cities in America. http://lathrop.kendal.org/news/2015/11/20/in-2015-northampton-was-designated-one-of-the-top-10-small-cities-on-the-country-on-a-survey-by-the-financial-website-wallethub-com/
Smith is a member of the five college consortium. The consortium is composed of Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. N.B.https://www.fivecolleges.edu/international
The Jean Picker Semester-in-Washington Program is renown.https://www.smith.edu/gov/picker.php
It’s very possible that you’ll be awarded a $20,000/year Zollman or a $15,000/year STRIDE merit award. An $80,000 savings over four years will go a long way with helping fund law school.
Zoll and STRIDE recipients receive a paid research position starting the1st year.
https://www.smith.edu/admission-aid/financial-aid/first-year/merit
Your parents also have to consider travel costs. D1 attended Smith when we lived in the PNW. Travel expenses were significant.
U.S. News ranks Smith #12 among Liberal Arts Colleges, so you’ve got the prestige factor covered. 
After being admitted to a number of top LACs, my D consulted her aunt regarding her choices. At the time, my sister-in law was a tenured professor at Yale School of Medicine.
She unequivocally recommended Smith over the other highly ranked LACs that she was accepted.
Seconding Reed (the third in the group when you mention UChicago and Swarthmore), meets full need (you may have none) and is somewhat less selective. Undergrad research is required at Reed (senior thesis); the whole school is research oriented.
Regarding Wesleyan and Yale Law, it probably doesn’t hurt that the former finishes third among LACs in the OP’s list of American Mock Trial Association rankings.
Apparently not.
Yale Law’s entering class includes the following LACs: Amherst, Bowdoin, Bryn Mawr, Claremont Mckenna, Colgate, Davidson, Haverford, Hunter, Middlebury, Mount Holyoke, Pomona, Reed, Rhodes, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Wheaton, Williams.
Harvard’s entering class also has a robust list of LAC graduates including; Amherst, Bowdoin, Bryan Mawr, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Grinnell, Hamilton, Middlebury, Oberlin, Pomona, Smith, Swarthmore, Wellesley, Wesleyan.
Penn includes Amherst, Bowdoin, Bryan Mawr, Carleton, Claremont McKenna, Colgate, Colby, Grinnell, Hamilton, Haverford, Kenyon, Middlebury, Pomona, Swarthmore, Vassar, Washington and Lee, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams.
Northwestern includes Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Claremont McKenna, Colgate, Davidson, Hamilton, Haverford, Kenyon, Middlebury, Oberlin, Smith, Swarthmore, Washington and Lee, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams.
Thank you all for the lovely responses!!