Definitely applying:
Yale
Columbia
NYU
CUNY Grad
Harvard
UPenn
Considering:
UConn
Princeton
My area of focus is medieval literature. I'm limited to sticking near New York, but I'm lucky that there are plenty of strong medieval programs around here. Lately I've been focusing on Arthurian literature, but there are very few programs that fit that (Purdue is one, but a- they don't admit directly into the PhD, and b- it's too far from NY). I'm also interested in adaptations of medieval literature, ie medievalisms.