<p>Thanks to everyone who replied – I’m rather pleased that I might have some sort of shot. :)</p>
<p>To None – I can afford to pay a maximum of ~$15000/year (with a bit of a finance-stretch and a whole bunch of extra jobs), which probably puts me in the ‘needs a whole lot of aid’ category, I’m afraid. 
(Parents earn ~$40000 combined, and a lot of that goes into rent and my private school.)</p>
<p>To ohio_mom – I applied to reach-y schools (MIT, Stanford, Princeton, and the like, though I’d almost definitely take Chicago over the Ivies if it came to that); I can afford to gamble a little on the admissions front, though, since I’ll probably make it in somewhere in India (and I do have the option of taking a year off and re-applying, since I won’t lose time due to the age situation).</p>