@jasred your daughters stats are on par with most of the other applicants to top elite schools. Please keep in mind that some of these schools accept only 5% of applicants. That means that 95% do NOT get accepted. For these schools, frankly, the odds are stacked against acceptance…not for it.
In the 95% of students who get denied acceptance, the vast majority are well qualified students.
Read this old thread. Most will say that Andison had no true safety schools…and likely that is true. BUT he was a well qualified applicant…a NM finalist, top student.
And FYI…admissions have become even MORE competitive in the last 12 years.
ETA…the smartest thing your daughter could do now is find TWO safety schools…right now. Do this first. It’s easy to identify those elite reach for everyone schools. But if they don’t pan out…it’s nice to have choices. A true safety is a place the student is highly likely to get accepted, a place the student would attend if accepted, and is affordable for the family.
If you can find at least one with rolling admissions or early action (not early decision) then apply soon! It’s nice to have that one or two acceptances early in the game.
Your kid would get a fine merit award at University of Alabama, and their application is easy, and live NOW. Complete the application and the scholarship application, and she will hear about her acceptance within a few weeks.