@lonerism, don’t underestimate how much being way out of region will help you at the schools @slackermomMD mentioned. I would be quite surprised, for instance, to see you rejected by UPS or Willamette and I think your SAT scores give you a solid shot at merit aid at both. L & C and Occidental are more of a coin flip but certainly possible. Whitman, as I said earlier, is more of a reach, but by no means out of the question, though merit money from them would be unlikely with your stats.
My son has very similar stats to yours, some strong ECs, and is comparably out of region, and we’re considering UPS to be a very likely admit and hoping for merit money. It’s very high on his list, actually, and he may well end up there if all goes according to plan. By the way, if you’re curious about the vibe at UPS, it has a crunchy, funky feel, kind of like you’re walking around a food co-op. Lots of outdoorsy kids, casual northwest dress, fairly activist/social-justice oriented student body. These are just generalizations, of course, since there’s a pretty broad range of types represented there. It’s also a lovely campus. My quirky, artsy, outdoorsy son loved it. A parent recently wrote a veritable book about why his daughter chose it over a number of other schools mentioned on this thread, and you might find it an interesting read:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1842987-the-wild-rumpus-ends-puget-sound-wins-p1.html
We also visited Whitman, and, while it wasn’t as great a fit for my son for reasons that don’t apply to you, I think it’s a tremendous school, and Walla Walla is as cute a college town as you could possibly hope for. It is far from other stuff, though, and challenging to get to from the east coast.