Not really, but I guess no one from our school has ever gone or been accepted to Princeton or an Ivy League at all, or anything really that (that I know of, from the past 10 or so years). I know a couple years back, there were kids who went to Notre Dame or Duke or something of that caliber? So it seems like an extra long shot.
Wow thanks!! The college transitions data table was really interesting, there were some schools I didn’t know had that good PhD outputs!
I’ve heard that before: e.g. a high school never sending anyone to Caltech but sending kids to MIT every 2 to 3 years.
This doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t get admitted. I’d go for it, even if you end up enrolling elsewhere. You’d still make some high school history and prove your teacher wrong! Princeton is a “dream school” to you.
Georgia Tech Duke and some of the others on your list are part of The Stars Network made for rural kids like you. Might be worth checking out (hopefully this link is allowed as it is a consortium not a competitor of CC).
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It does have the majors you are interested in, correct?
Yes! It’s got electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, etc.
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There’s four accredited EE schools in GA:
Ga Tech
Ga Southern
UGA
Kennesaw State
For Materials, the same four schools.
For MechE, also the same four.
Given OP has the Hope (I’m sure) - we know GA schools are in budget. Would they prefer, for example, a Ga Southern or Kennesaw vs. one of the OOS schools that would be affordable?
I can’t imagine OP doesn’t get into UGA and likely even Tech.
I can also see the OP getting consideration for the Foundation Scholarship at UGA, which has a lot of “extras” although doesn’t appear to include room and board…and they already mentioned STAMPs at Ga Tech.
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You have one of the top engineering schools in the country in your back yard and based on your post the credentials for a Zell. Which means free tuition! This past cycle 4,427 students applied for electrical engineering at GT and only 307 were accepted for a 6.9% AR with an almost 50% yield.
My son was accepted to Northwestern, Notre Dame etc and chose GT for engineering and absolutely loves the vibe there better. Also, there are plenty of humanities at GT. As far as the residential size of GT. Yes, it is a very active campus with much to do for the students and a lot of school spirit and also a lot of activities for you to get involved in. If you want to get involved in Greek life and other clubs there are many, this would make the school seem even smaller. Have you spent time Rice’s campus? If not, I suggest you and your parents plan a visit for a few days to get a real sense. I get the attraction to go out of state, my son was the same. But we also didn’t have GT in our backyard. 
Like the poster said, you have a real financial advantage because where you geographically live to go to a top school in your major and your parents would save quite a bit of money to send you to a premier school It’s something for sure to discuss with your parents. Obviously if they are comfortable with financial aspect of going out of state to a school then obviously that’s great too. Good luck and congrats on the academic profile!
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From the financial aid calculators I’ve done, the cost to go in-state versus out-of-state is comparable, with most out-of-state options being around the same cost and some being even cheaper! So, for comparing in-state versus out-of-state, money isn’t too big of an issue for me. Since I’ve been wanting to go to a smaller school with smaller classes, I’ve been considering options outside of GT.
If in-state is tuition free and you just have room and board, then out of state, you are saying, would be comparable - but that’s assuming need based aid, correct? Otherwise, that’s impossible short of say a UAH or Bama - which would cost more - but not much more. When you get in major classes anywhere, they shouldn’t be huge.
But what small schools are realistic? Have you looked at the NPC for Rose Hulman? Bucknell? Lafayette? Union College? The last two (Union and Lafayette) meet need. You’d be a shoe in at both, which are very good schools. Swarthmore has engineering but it’s like your reach lists. W&L is more reasonable and meets need, but their engineering isn’t accredited.
As always, have your family do the NPC for each school. Here is Lafayettes and RHITs. But don’t forget, many schools are need aware. 5 or 6 years ago Lafayette was nice enough to partake in an article to show what that meant - and it meant that the budget only goes so far, so they absolutely reject students who require too much of it, for that reason alone. I don’t know it to be the case today. RHIT, by the way, is the top rated school in the country ahead of schools like Cal Poly - in the don’t offer a PdD category.