So personally, at this point I would see no reason to consider colleges without MSEN as an option, and for that matter colleges that are not competitive in MSEN with TAMU, Minnesota, and Penn State, AND that would also be competitive on cost–which is a rather high bar!
So I would also be slashing that RD list way down, although I agree about Cornell, and I would probably make a point of keeping Northwestern (assuming both have suitable NPCs).
But that might be it for me for RD.