You can only borrow $5500 as a frosh, $6500 as a soph, and $7500/year as a junior & senior, so if you’re paying for college on your own the top item on your “fit” requirement list needs to be cost.
If your parents will fill out the FAFSA (and/or CSS profile for schools that require it) you may qualify for the federal Pell grant of up to $5k/year. (They have to fill out FAFSA for you to get the loan.) Parent income can’t be more than ~$60k or so for you to qualify. Do the FAFSA4caster or run some Net Price Calculators to get an estimate of your cost. You need schools that give lots of merit aid, need based aid, or a good combination. Some highly selective schools don’t give merit aid, so if your parents make too much to qualify for their need based aid I wouldn’t bother applying to those types of schools.
Focus on schools where you can get substantial merit aid. Make sure you have a couple of financial safeties on your list, plus a few matches and reaches.