There are a lot of students- domestic and international- who are looking for colleges to gift them scholarships, and most colleges will want to pick the most outstanding students they can. An outstanding student should be able to write a better than average essay.
You won’t get VaTech for $25K/pa and WPI and CWRU do not promise to meet full need for an international student, so those three are not a good fit for you ED. Pomona, Middlebury and Bowdoin do meet full need for international students, but none of them have particularly strong CS departments. Also, Bowdoin has a very low acceptance rate for internationals (5% of students are international), and a 10% overall acceptance rate, making it a dream level school for you.
ps, MIT does not match your stated preference for a “medium to strong” CS program.