My advice: Keep it simple. There are four buckets of criteria for you: financial, science, social (conservative), and geography (urban or near-urban).
Getting the full ride (or close to it) will be THE ONE factor in whether and where you can go to college. The rest of the criteria are meaningless if your education is not funded.
First, apply through QB. For this group of colleges, the financial aspect is taken care of if you match. So you are freed up from having to research that piece of it. For your QB list, make sure each college, most importantly, has the science opportunities you want. Then consider social and geography.
Second, apply to a variety of different types of schools outside of QB that a) have strong science program with good research opportunities, and b) have the potential to give you the financial aid or merit aid you need.
I know you prefer urban, very conservative, non-partying, etc. But frankly, those have to be secondary to criteria A and B. A college that meets your location and social criteria is of no use to you if it does not fund your education. After getting acceptances and financial packages (if you don’t match with QB), THEN pick the one that suits you best from among the ones that give the best financial packages.