<p>OP,</p>
<p>You look like a very strong candidate! It’s up to you if you want to add another safety.</p>
<p>Here are some comparison stats on my son, since he also is Puerto Rican, with his schools (he’s a 2012er) that might give you some more ideas of schools.</p>
<p>One thing you really do want to know is apx. what you might be paying for school based on your income and assets. Run some financial aid calculators on various websites to get an idea. </p>
<p>Here are my son’s general stats (including income level and other scholarship info; it might be helpful for you):</p>
<p>1/2 Puerto Rican
Middle income (apx. 77K for a family of five last year)
SAT: 2320 (800, 790, 730)
SAT II: 800 math II, 800 physics, 730 lit</p>
<p>gpa: 4.0/4.84</p>
<p>6 AP exams: 5,5,5,5,4,4</p>
<p>55 units of community college with 4.0 gpa</p>
<p>19 audited university units, including upper division physics</p>
<p>ECs/Awards: Physics Olympiad semi-finalist 3X
AIME 3X (best score: 8)
ARML 3 X (best individual score: 5)
Physics Bowl team 2nd in country (2011)
National Merit corporate scholarship winner
NHRP
Nationally ranked in chess for age (apx. 38th in country)
Physics research in optics at local state univ.; entered research symposium</p>
<p>Tons of music including professional violinist, symphony, soloist, worship guitar, etc.</p>
<p>Baseball: MVP freshman year, varsity junior year</p>
<p>Community service: lots of math and physics tutoring, violin teaching, youth worship leader, and other church related service</p>
<p>Worked 10-15 hours a week as a violin teacher, math tutor for about 3 years.</p>
<p>College list (all schools accepted him) with f. aid/scholarship info:</p>
<p>Princeton (very generous with their need-based aid); applied SCEA</p>
<p>Vanderbilt (exceedingly generous with aid; he won the full tuition scholarship plus got another 13K in need based aid; they were the most generous selective school)</p>
<p>Caltech (very generous with need-based aid, even more than Princeton)</p>
<p>Penn (pretty generous with need-based aid but included loans in package)</p>
<p>MIT (pretty generous with need-based aid but included loans in package)</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd (fairly generous with need-based aid; he won the full tuition scholarship but aid was complicated by Cal Grant A)</p>
<p>WUSTL (not generous with need-based aid; son did not get merit scholarship here)</p>
<p>UT Dallas (exceptionally generous with need-based aid through McDermott Scholars Program; would have made money from outside scholarships had he accepted this)</p>
<p>Pitt (fairly generous with need-based aid; got full tuition scholarship but was not finalist for full ride scholarship)</p>
<p>Baylor (mildly generous with need-based aid; son chose not to pursue full tuition scholarship)</p>
<p>Son chose to attend MIT.</p>
<p>I was not overly confident that he would be accepted at his schools; thus, he had three safeties.</p>
<p>I hope this helps a little! :-)</p>