I’m unable to speak to the chance me part of your post because I’m unfamiliar with the schools on your list, but did want to comment about your major.
Based on your interests, you may want to consider chemical engineering as a major as it combines both chemistry and materials. My daughter, a recent college grad, works in the advanced polymer industry. She and most of her colleagues studied chemical engineering as undergrads. My daughter did a concentration in polymers and materials engineering, but it’s very much a subset of chemical engineering.
Chemical engineering also is more employable, even without a graduated degree.
Just some food for thought but it would greatly change your college list if you pivoted to chem e.