@Kiatirie what excellent choices you have. Our son is Princeton class of 2020, he applied as ChemE, but at Princeton Preview he attended an ORFE class and loved it. He is from Austin, TX (and originally from S.F. Bay Area) and wasn’t thinking about going back east for school. Once he was admitted SCEA, we toured the school. He really fell in love.
My advice is to attend Princeton Preview and be open to going to school back east. You’ll know pretty quickly if Princeton “feels right”. While UCs are great schools, Princeton has far more resources and a really excellent focus on undergrad teaching. It was scary for him to go to school so far away from home, but he has really grown in so many more ways than if he had taken the “safer” options of staying in Texas (Rice, UT Austin, etc…)
While Princeton isn’t for everyone, I’d ask you to approach this amazing opportunity with an open mind.
Good luck,
Psy