A few things:

1.  Where you go to school really won't matter.  As long as the school is accredited that's all you need. See NCARB's website for a list of accredited programs.  

2.  Look at the accreditation scores of the programs you're interested in. This will give you a base of understanding about what the program is teaching.   

3.  Go with the options that is the most economical for you.   The national average starting pay for a fresh grad with a masters degree from an accredited school is $45k.  This is regardless of where you went to school.  

4.  Studio classes are where you take all the other knowledge you've learned and attempt to implement them into a design.  Most programs won't have you 'designing' buildings in studio until your second year.  

5.  Architecture is not art in the typical sense.  It is creative however it also has a lot of other factors that will inform your creativity.  Codes, zoning, structure, MEP systems, climate, site, context, ect.  Don't worry about not being 'artistic'.  You will be able to learn / refine your creative process and develop your 'drawing' skills while at school.  That's what school is for.  

Good luck!  

To add to OddA above, everyone and their neighbour applies to the same schools as you list so competition for spots, and most important, bursaries, is tight.  Do not get swindled thinking that architecture school is an investment worth 100k+ debt.  It is not regardless of the name on the paper.  

The title of your post says you want to get a B.Arch, but several of the schools on your list don’t offer that, and only have a non-professional undergrad program leading to a BA, BS, BFA, or AB degree.  Before you apply to any of them you should educate yourself on architecture licensing requirements: most states require an NAAB-accredited professional degree (B.Arch or M.Arch) for licensing. There are some that allow licensing without a professional degree but with some extra years of experience (4 to 9 years, depending on the state and your undergrad degree, as opposed to the typical 3 years for someone with a professional degree.) not having a professional degree will limit which states you can practice in.  

Make sure to understand all of this now, before you apply.  There are so many posts here over the years from people who didn’t understand these differences until they were halfway through a degree, or even already graduated.  I’m not saying you shouldn’t choose a non-professional bachelor program, just that you should know you’ll then most likely need to get an M.Arch after it.

All good advice above. I will add that back in the early 2000s a friend of mine applied to Cooper and one of the home test questions was “draw a map of your face.” My friend made a pad of wet clay and rolled their face across it, then photographed the result, and they were accepted. So I guess my advice isn’tthink very abstractly about what the home test questions are asking. 

Jodie, good job doing your research now. All the posts above covered the majority of advice I was going to give. Per non-sequiturs' point, apply to the best, most-affordable NAAB ACCREDITED public college in your state and do the 5-year B.Arch OR the 4+1 (BA.Arch with an M.Arch) that some schools are now offering in place of the 5-year B.Arch. As someone mentioned above, schools like UCLA do NOT have an accredited undergraduate architecture program and nearly all of the funding for architecture goes to the graduate program. Also, I did my undergrad at UCLA, the architecture facilities are crap (my most recent visit was just a few months ago). Stunning campus overall though! Best of luck! Also, only do a private college or university if you can do it without debt, like if you get a full ride offer or your family can afford it. Either way, be smart, be frugal, be practical... a friend of mine, like a little brother to me, is in his fifth year in the B.Arch at Cal Poly Pamona, if you'd like to be put in touch. He is kicking ass and doing incredible work. 

• University of North Carolina Charlotte has a 4+1. You do a 'pre-professional' 4-year non-accredited Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, (the BA.Arch), Requiring 8 semesters of Studio design work, as apposed to the Non-Pre-Professional BA.Arch that allows you to only take 6 semesters of Studio design. Toward the end of your third year and the beginning of your 4th, you apply for the M.Arch (AKA M40) for students who already hold a pre-professional degree in architecture. It consists of three back-to-back semesters that make up your entire FIFTH year: Summer, Fall + Spring.. If you're brave, you can also pair this program with the IPAL program organized by NCARB (only 28 such programs exist in the nation), in which you start working part time during the semester at an IPAL partner firm in your second or third year to begin accruing your 3700 AXP internship hours. You then work full time during your summer breaks, then after your fourth year you take a full 'gap year' to work full time at your IPAL partner firm before coming back to school to complete the M.Arch (total of 6 years). The IPAL allows you to start taking your AREs while you're still in school. You could theoretically finish the 6 years as a licensed Architect, which one of my friends did. Requires an absolute type A personality. -- I don't necessarily recommend the IPAL program BUT i do recommend the 4+1.

only go where you can afford and really i mean it. it will ruin your life if you go to a private school like cmu but take out a huge loan to afford it. it is not worth it. there will be opportunities wherever u go if your work is good and you make the effort to ""network"" (sigh). what school you go to might matter to some people but who actually likes that kind of person?

an accredited b arch program is the most important thing -- that is to say, a 5 year program. i think you've got this though, i'd look at more state schools if i were you, especially wue if you are on the west coast.