At this point it’s clear OP wants to say, hey I got into an Ivy. I get it. I did that with a UC when I was a kid. My daughter wanted to apply to Cornell last year til she saw the effort required when she knew there was 0% chance I would pay $80k+ for her to attend.
OP needs to talk to her parents about budget. OP needs to run NPCs. If she is full pay as she thinks (if Harvard’s NPC shows) and she gives us a budget, we can tailor recommendations to her.
All the schools she’s listed are either a reach - and I include UMD as a low reach (for govt although I just read they are dropping limited enrollment status this year) and expensive - but until we know how much she has to spend and what she might qualify for at each specific school in need based aid - talking about Harvard or Gtown or GW is premature because they might be wasted apps.
That said I disagree Harvard is getting a ton of ‘nearly zero’. Yea some will be but I think most who have no chance realize. The last CDS (year b4) was 4% so it was interesting to see 3%. We don’t know the overall pool but no doubt in my mind most / many of the apps are strong…enough to fill the class multiple times.
It’s just not realistic to make someone, with a fantastic but for Harvard lower test scare, think they have a decent chance. Better than average ?? Does that mean 4%. 5% ?
But honestly until OP clarifies if she will qualify for need based aid and what the budget is for her family - it’s all premature discussion.