@roycroftmom Piecing together a couple posts, I think OP’s daughter visited Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams and Brown as a sophomore (summer after sophomore year?).
I have skimmed the entire thread but may have glossed over some important details. Still, I do remember that OP said her daughter was interested in marketing. You might want to take a look at Ithaca as a safety. They have some generous merrit scholarships including a competative full ride scholarship in the school of communications. The school of communications is excellent.
How do you “technically” live with someone? You either live in their home when you’re not in college or you don’t. College is roughly 32 weeks/year. If your daughter spends over half of the remaining 20 weeks with her dad then you might be able to make a case for making him the custodial parent. You likely won’t get in state rates because of that pesky “came to the state for educational purposes” rule, but you could ask. What you can’t do is use the dad’s address if she doesn’t live there to try to get in state rates. That’s financial aid fraud and it comes with very serious consequences.
Since Texas schools are back on the table, I’ll throw out Prairie View A & M - full ride very likely and slightly better male to female ratio than Howard.
Although, UT fits the ‘best schools’ criteria better.
@salma45 I’ve been following this thread and can tell you’re a great mom and getting up to speed quickly.
Just wanted to point out that if your DD does go to UT, that presumably leaves money in the bank for you to pay for a semester abroad, or housing in a (non-Texas) city for a paid summer internship. Those could be very special and wonderful experiences for her to have and sort of a consolation prize if the money doesn’t work out at the other schools. I know the focus for her now is on the name brand school, but there could be much worse scenarios for her than getting a degree from UT and having off campus experiences abroad or in other cities.
@suzy100 @Eeyore123 @itsgettingreal17 @roycroftmom @thumper1 @austinmshauri finally heard back from the vice president of student accounts at SUNY Binghamton and he said that my daughter would qualify for in-state tuition. She will need to fill out a residency form, submit her dad’s proof of residency and get a NYS driver’s license. My daughter mentioned that her best friend’s brother went to a California state school two years ago; their dad lives in California, and the process was the same. We’re still waiting on her ACT scores before she starts applying to schools and should have them next Tuesday.
That’s excellent news, @salma45! All the best to you both.
That’s great!
Got her ACT scores back today and she got a 32. Do schools look at just the composite score or the subject scores? Hers were R 36 E 34 S 30 M 26. I know the 26 is low, so was just a little curious.
Top schools will look at the sub scores, too. THey matter, basedon what major she projects. But so do ECs. It’s all part of the picture…and the level of competition for a spot.
She’s not thinking a stem major, right? So the goal is to find colleges that aren’t concerned with the stem scores being lower. At very top colleges, an issue is the competing applicants who have all strong subs.
@lookingforward she is thinking about anthropology w/ film minor. Thank you 
Impressive ACT score @salma45
@HowardGradly Thank you. Not sure why we were so stuck on the SAT and she didn’t sit for the ACT earlier. We’ll take it over the 1370 she got on the SAT.
“We’ll take it over”? You mean your daughter??
It appears the OP spoke figuratively. I don’t think anyone will be retesting.
OK, I see the phraseology. At least is doesn’t say “we applied to…” 
I see, @jym626. I’d initially thought there may have been confusion regarding a different aspect of the language. Personally, I see “we” as fair usage in this case, however.
In this case, as a mutual conversation with the daughter, “we” makes sense to me. “The two of us are satisfied.”
She’s not saying “we” are going to take the test over. She’s saying they are both happy with it versus the SAT score.
Anyway, congratulations to her, @salma45! Nicely done.
I saw the phraseology when I reread it (misread it first time). Still, I am glad the applicant is happy with her score. No need to report the SAT scores, for sure.