<p>Considering your stats, I’d go with many colleges that meet 100% need (with an income below 35k, your EFC is likely zero and these schools will be among the most generous).
<a href=“Colleges with Need-Blind Admission for U.S. Students”>Colleges with Need-Blind Admission for U.S. Students;
<p>Since you live in California, you should explore Harvey Mudd and Pomona in addition to USC, UCLA, UCB, and Stanford.</p>
<p>An alternative could be to study CS which is less strict than engineering but still STEM within the liberal arts so you could take Chemistry alongside it and have a career for sure afterwards.</p>
<p>Your chances would be, like other top students’, roughly 1 in 20 or, since you’re low income and have awesome ECs, perhaps 1:10 (which is likely to be triple the RD rate this year). So, not out of the realm of possibilities. Definitely apply.</p>
<p>Are you in Questbridge? If not, you’d be a perfect candidate, do apply.</p>