Recommend colleges to an average student

I’ve already hired a tutor from when I studied for the ACT from february to june. (I went from a 23 to a 27). I am going to take the September test so I plan on doing two sections a day (One day Math and english, the other reading and science) to try to get it up to a 29 or 30. I still want to focus on my essay though but I know I can do both. Also, my friend got into UW madison last year and he had a 1850. He’s a WA resident.