I think your list looks good. You are likely to be accepted to enough of these schools to give you a choice next Spring. You might check out WPI (in Worcester, MA) - I know a few kids who attend and really like it - it would be a match for you and they do give merit to a good number of students. They are on a quarter system which means that even Engineering students have an opportunity to go abroad (they encourage this) - if that is of interest to you. Other likely/safer choices could include RPI and RIT - both in/around cities.
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