Colorado student looking for schools in the Pacific Northwest [4.0 GPA, 1390 SAT, <$35k, biology]

Go for the full rides - it’s fine.

But you’re most important is the school that you can afford and would get into.

So your S Oregon or W Washington types are the most important.

The full ride at UPS is the lottery ticket - you can hope but hope is not a plan.

So I apply and hope - but have the assured in the yes column because it’s the likely ending point - assuming you want to be in Oregon/Washigton.