I don't remember what schools I applied to in general. But I didn't get into Dartmouth and did get into MIT which was something of shocker. Did go to the latter as an undergrad (though had never visited the campus) and have stayed involved. Started a non-profit at the former as a grad student at Dartmouth and still involved so all good. At the time, didn't seem to make a lot of sense to go to west coast (or UK) in part for schools as air travel was still relatively expensive.