<p>In that case Illinois is your safety. Get your application to Michigan in now and perhaps that will be an alternative too. </p>
<p>You still have to clarify whether need based aid will work for you. That would apply to most of the schools on your list, no matter what their level of selectivity. If need based aid doesn’t work for you, you can forget about many of the schools on your list.</p>
<p>For LACs I wouldn’t worry too much about cut throat competitive atmosphere even at the most selective. If they admit you they will help you succeed. For strong academics and energetic, social kids in a similar feeling to Bowdoin and Colgate, I would add Williams, Hamilton, Amherst. They would all be interested in a high achieving Hispanic and have good sciences and economics. </p>
<p>I like Pomona and Stanford, but if you’re looking to eliminate I would cut them because you won’t get any diversity credit. Or maybe drop Yale and keep Stanford.</p>
<p>I would drop Lehigh and Bucknell because you can use Illinois as your safety.</p>