can i still get in nyu

i really want to go to school but here is the thing when i was in middle and high school i would get f and d’s all the time i would skip school as well i ended up dropping out of both middle and high school and ended up getting my diploma online (im 19 btw) i cant afford to take the act test its to much money and i tried to waive it but i can’t and no, no one will pay for anything for me my mom lives in mexico i live alone in the u.s are the act or sat necessary to get into the school i know i messed up but i have learned from my mistakes i literately have no money im like so close to be homeless but never mind that what do i do how can i get in i can’t afford no test no fee’s no nothing i have no recommendations no help what’s so ever i really want to go back to school, who can i talk to
and please do not give me a lecture on how i messed up i know i did and i learned now im trying to fix it but i don’t know how i read all these stories on how people do not get in because of their past grades or what ever i really want to go to nyu

no shot, sorry