dts1dlm

Spanish isn't the same as Hispanic, and by the way, you aren't either.
I think if you take the ivys, UCLA, Cal, Stanford and Rice off the list, you have a realistic shot at the others. If you really do have Asperger's, write a banging essay on how you deal with its challenges and lead a problem free, accomplished life regardless. That will count for more than claiming some distant ancestry that you don't truly identify with, and can't even make seem believeable when they ask for your mother's maiden name.
And, they will.

OstPruessen

Considering that the US Census and the Common App defines Hispanic/Latino as including those of Spanish origin, I'm a little confused as to what your reasoning is. I have always put it down in the past because I identify mostly as being of German-Spanish ancestry and acknowledge those heritages in addition to my Czech ancestry. Is there some official percentage that you have to be to define yourself as Hispanic/Latino?
For what it's worth, I am 1/2 German (of Pomeranian, Brandenburger and East Prussian origin), 1/8th Spanish (of Andalusian origin), 1/8th Czech (from Bohemia) and an eigth Scottish and an eigth English.

Kei-o-lei

What are your financial aid safety schools?

If you are full pay, what are your safety schools?

Reason I ask is because the schools you mention routinely say no to a majority of those who apply, and some of those schoolsw routinely say no to a supermajority of extremely talented students.

Take Brown; it said no to
87% of students who were in the top 10% of their HS class
88% of those with a 700-740 on SAT CR
89.5% of those wiht a 700-740 on the SAT Math
93% of those with a 29-32 on the ACT

Hope this helps.

P.S. The flaw in your logic that you are "in the 50th to 75th percentile for most of (students accepted to) those schools" is that for some of the schools your stats are also comparable to the students who were denied. For which of the schools you are interested in are your stats solidly in the top quartile? (those are your safety schools)

OstPruessen

When I said 75th percentile I mean't the scores were higher than 75% of the incoming freshman class. In other words, in the top 25%. I suppose Trinity, UT, Oklahoma and Southwestern are my safeties.

limabeans01

Op, your stats are impressive! You must be very proud of yourself. You need to be careful, however, when you compare yourself to others. There are so many amazing students in the US. Even though you are in the top 5 % in standardized scores, you need to look at how many students have scored higher than you. Then keep in mind the number of spots available at the schools you want to go to. Not saying you can't get in, just be realistic!

I don't like the idea of you claiming you're Hispanic. Wouldn't you feel bad if "that" is the reason you were accepted instead of based on your accomplishments? I don't mean to be disrespectful of Hispanic applicants, just wonder why someone who isn't really Hispanic ( or has not been raised in that culture) would try to "game" the system that way. Compete with your academics (they're good!) otherwise you'll always be wondering. Plus, you are misrepresenting yourself :-(