<p>If your family makes less than $40,000/year, you should apply to Berea. Financial need is a prerequisite for all applicants. It’s very competitive but you may have a shot. And if they admit you, it’s tuition-free AND you have an on-campus job that pays for room/board. So essentially you are going to college for free.
As a reach, you can try and apply to Gettysburg (yes, the college is in the city that named the Civil War Battle
You may have been on a field trip there?) It’s definitely a reach for you -you’d need about 1700 SAT to have a shot, but, most importantly, they find your recommendations very important and your essays + interview important so you can salvage things somewhat - and they meet 100% need. So, fill out that “request info” form or send an email ASAP. It’d be your major reach but you never know, since they have holistic admission (unlike some other schools which are numerical, ie, either you have the SAT+GPA and you’re in, or you don’t and you’re not, barring exceptional circumstances.)</p>