All of these selective schools could fill their classes several times over with kids with “perfect” scores, activities, credentials, etc. So lots of them will, just by the math, be rejected. Given that, a school’s selection criteria may be that they have already filled the track team’s need for distance runners, they have extended offers to a few trumpeters, don’t think another is needed, a few state science award winners etc. Many of these schools know that the more interesting pieces of their class will be filled by the students who took a different route, had some challenges along the way, did something a bit off the beaten path, made the most of their circumstances vs being surrounded all their lives by an environment that encourages and supports success. It is a great irony that many people who lurk on CC trying to find ways to “game the system”, who ask what else they need to make their application fit a school, these are not the applicants these universities are interested in. That is not a dig against OP, it is just an observation that what is thought of here as an “over qualified” student is often misleading - you will be one of many. If you have a passion, there are many places it will bloom. If your goal in life it to wear a sweatshirt with a certain name on it, you are statistically more likely to be disappointed.