<p>Your ECs are fine. Don’t worry about it. Agree you should clarify your financial situation. This may or may not have a huge bearing on your list. I’d look at some of the small LACs in rural locations. These are not only good at biology and environmental sciences, but, unlike urban campuses, they have a hard time recruiting and matriculating high achieving Asian Americans.</p>
<p>Some suggestions: Williams, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Kenyon, Grinnell. Smith if you are female.</p>