My advice would be to change your focus. Focus on schools you can be successful at not how “elite” they are. That doesn’t eliminate elite schools some of them just might be the type of school you could be successful at. However, getting accepted at those schools is a challenge and you are going to be at the bottom of the applicant pool. Your best chance is to understand the reason it might be the right school for you. If you can’t answer that for yourself then it will be difficult for the school to understand.