You have an outstanding record - congratulations. I would encourage you to have a frank discussion with your parents about the cost of college to confirm that they are able (and willing) to finance an education that could cost $400,000 (if you do not qualify for need-based aid which is the only type of aid available at many of the schools you have listed). OOS students are not eligible for aid at the UCs so for those schools the OOS sticker price is what it is (I think around $75k per year). I only bring this up because parents are often surprised at costs and parents of high performers may not realize that “scholarship” money at top schools is really just need-based aid and not based on academic performance. Although you don’t need another reach, you might consider Princeton which I believe has an outstanding math department (not sure about engineering). I can’t really chance you for your top schools because they reject so many awesome students although I do think you’ll get in to BU. Apply EA anywhere that has that.
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