3.5 weighted, 1300, chance me on Merit

And she likes large schools and wants to study abroad in Asia.

The NE and MidAtlantic are not happy hunting grounds for significant merit. You’re essentially asking for FREE TUITION, if you want your net costs to be $15k-20k per year. And really, you need to FIRST FOCUS on having a net cost of $15k per year, because each year, costs rise, so you’ll be at $20k when she’s a junior or senior in college.