You need to ratchet down the selectivity level to have the best chances at merit. I mean, Vandy, WUSTL - in theory you could get a full ride but a school like U Miami often gives merit but a school like U Denver (another mid size) you’d have almost assured merit with your stats.
But you also have to factor in overall costs - because getting merit that gets you to $50K whereas you can find full priced schools for less…or others with auto merit getting her to $20K/$30K, etc.
So those are three great schools - and depending on budget - CWRU might make sense…and a U Rochester, etc. but set your baseline - and if it’s below $60K for example, those become - “possible” but improbable - and make sure you find those assured good things.
If I was looking at W&M and it’s too much, and I was from Maryland, I’d be looking at Christopher Newport!! Much cheaper, beautiful school, top rated dorms, etc and a much lower price point. It’s not on the national level of a W&M but another Virginia public and it shares “some” similarities. Mary Washington to a lesser extent but could be another…if the W&M price is too high - because merit there is likely to be full ride or none whereas these are already less expensive and have merit.
So you can find subs, etc. if schools are going to come in too high. If CWRU is too high, I might look (budget depending) on Denver or Butler, etc. for history…and if smaller is ok, many of the LACs that give a lot of merit - from a Depauw to a Dickinson, Rhodes, Gettysburg, etc.
So set a $$ amount first…because just because a school offers merit, it doesn’t mean you’ll get to a price - whatever that price is that you are seeking. And some schools may beat it without merit. This is where you take advantage of your daughter’s stats - to go to schools that will “buy” her vs. a W&M or Wake where she’s really one of a zillion already there.