URM looking to finalize Engineering List

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Hello everyone, I am a URM trying to finalize my Engineering list so please help out. I appreciate everything!

ACT:
1st time: C: 29, E: 29, M: 31, R: 27, S: 28
2nd time: C: 30, E: 29, M: 30, R: 32, S: 28
SAT II:
Biology E: 640 (terrible, I know - I took it in 9th grade)
USH: 690
GPA: 4.60 Weighted, 4.00 Unweighted
Rank: Top 10% Of Class of 400
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Scholar
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, AP French, APES, AP Economics, Literature, Honors Science Engineering
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major awards, my basic awards are Honor Society Awards, Student of the Month, Venture Scholar, AP Scholar, and taking National Exams.
Did a dual-enrollment program at a local college where I got an A in.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Tutoring [5 Years]
Robotics Club [1 Year]
Key Club [3 Years] Over 30 hours of Community Service
Game Club [4 years]
Gym Club [2 Years]
All Honor Societies [~2 Years][Treasurer/Secretary in one of these]
Volunteer/Community service:
Around 100+ hours of volunteering at a local place and Elderly care.
Summer Activities:
Volunteering
Essay: Unique, I’d say 8/10
Recommendations:
Getting one from honors science teacher and English teacher. Should be 8-9/10
Counselor Rec: Should be good since I talk to her a lot, 9/10

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes I will
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Live in NY
Country (if international applicant):US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Less than $40K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation, born outside of US, have siblings that will be attending College, really poor.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I really appreciate it.

i am primarily looking for strong schools that will provide a lot of financial aid and where I will be happy. Because I live in New York, I don’t want to go really far. The farthest west I’d go is Wisconsin, and farthest south would be Tennessee.

This is my current list that I have been working around for a while now organized from reach to safety.

Cornell University, Vanderbilt, UMich, UW Madison, URochester, Bucknell, UMD, Stony Brook, OSU, UPitt, Virginia Tech

Thanks!

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Your GPA and course rigor are good which are the most important factor for UMich admission. However, your test scores are weak. ACT 30 is below the 25th percentile while Math 31 is at or below the 25th percentile. You do need higher score for UMich CoE. I do know an in state girl got accepted last year with ACT 29 but a much higher Math score though. You should still give it a try as they do provide generous aids to low income students from OOS. But I would suggest you to retake ACT.