Thanks for the feedback @GoldenRock ! I am not applying to Rice/Baylor and other programs like them because although there may not be such thing as a low tier program, there is a big difference between programs like Rice/Baylor or Northwestern compared to any other less well-known programs. My Subject SAT scores were not very good (below 700) and I don’t have time to change them and that is another reason why I am avoiding many very well-known programs.