My intention wasn’t to put you on the defensive. My point was that you need a starting point. For my D, it was distance from home and she refused to look at anything more than 5 hours from our front door. The next criteria was size of school and affordability.
You mentioned before about your parents wanting to spend no more than $12,000 per year. Cost of attendance at Maryland for an out of state student is almost $54,000. While they do have a full tuition scholarship, more students only get partial funding in the $12,000 range and that makes the school unaffordable for you unless you manage to get full funding. If you need a competitive scholarship to be able to go, that school is a reach regardless. If you get in but don’t get the scholarship, it isn’t an option. Similar picture for Purdue (COA of $42,000, Trustee scholarship is $16,000).
You have worked hard and are a great applicant. CS is a competitive major and you need some merit aid to make it affordable. You may need to scale back a bit on the brand name to find the merit opportunities you need. Rutgers and Stevens are probably your best bets from the schools you list.
ETA: People can just throw names at you but if the school isn’t what you want, it won’t necessarily help you.