<p>You might, without even seeking it, be offered merit money from such colleges as U of P, Chapman University, Univ of San Diego, Loyola Marymount in L.A. Why so hung up on UCs?</p>
<p>You’d also get merit money at Arizona State, I think, and you would be in at Indiana University and probably Wisconsin. Michigan is more iffy, since they go on the unweighted GPA, but it could be a possibility if you apply early, ASAP, since admissions are rolling.</p>