Just make sure you reevaluate where you want to go to college ever few months as objectively as you can. A lot of students really like a college in middle school (when, let’s face it, you don’t know that much about it) and basically exhibit cognitive dissonance (wanting to go there just because they’ve always wanted to).
Also, and I tell this to everyone, please don’t get carried away. Those types of colleges have acceptance rates so low that being denied does not actually mean you’re not qualified or even any worse than other students they’ve admitted. The rates are so low that it’s exceedingly easy to get lost in the cracks, and a lot of students who “should’ve gotten in” don’t just because of the vast quantity of applications.