<p>I am guessing - purely guessing, but throwing this anecdotal "stat" into your analysis - that Santa Clara U is somewhat of a long shot for you for the type of merit aid you want.</p>
<p>S received $11K/year offer merit (couple of years ago now) with 1320 old SAT, not as high class rank as you and roughly similar UW GPA. BUT... he was a male from the East Coast. There was quite a bit of press, at the time, that SCU was looking to up its male/female ratio. So I think his gender helped him (again, just a guess).</p>
<p>So, in addition to the nice list you already have, I think you should look to leverage the geography thing. With your higher math than CR SAT, are you thinking of a tech or math/science major? If so, you might also leverage your gender by targeting schools which are a bit heavy with males and want more females.</p>