Also, I found a scholarship full ride under 1890 land grant. It pays for my room and board as well. So far I meet eligibility and you have to attend Alabama A&M or Florida A&M which I was looking at! Even better it is for agriculture or food science majors. But alas I am still a junior we shall see in the future. Of course I cant put everything on one Scholarship.
Check Academic Common Market. Neighboring states might have the program you need if your state doesn’t and you’ll get in state tuition there.
@Rdtsmith Arizona isn’t a part of it 
Are you prepping for the ACT? Check to see if your school has Method Prep for free on Naviance or get a book from your library.
Arizona is part of [WICHE](http://wue.wiche.edu)–Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education.
There are 5 WICHE public colleges that offer a BS in Food Science. And 1 that offers a degree in Sustainable Food. (Search for BS, 4 year colleges, any state. On the next page select “Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and related sciences”. Food science will be an option under that category.)
Residents of WICHE states can attend participating colleges in other WICHE states for 150% of in-state tuition. Several of the colleges offer additional scholarships that WUE students may be eligible for.
New Mexico State offers a BS in Food Science & Technology.
http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/FCS/food-science-and-technol.html
NMSU offer merit awards for OOS freshmen and it has a special category of scholarships for Arizona residents.
Any of the CSS schools like Cornell will totally be out of reach because there is a huge penalty on having a second home besides the whole high income part. For merit scholarships you usually want to be going in as a freshman so getting that Associates degree is probably not in your best interest. Even if you have the hours I would be very sure it isn’t going to hurt you before applying to graduate.
I think you could get big merit $$$ from Nebraska and they have Food Sciences
@acdchai : dual enrollment classes taken before high school graduation do not 'count ’ in estimating application status. Dual enrollment classes are judged to be advanced classes like AP classes - you may get advanced credit after enrollment but you still apply as a freshman.
Obviously after graduation you cannot take summer classes at the cc.
I agree the DE classes don’t count towards application status generally but if you use them to get a college degree even AA it causes some schools to view you differently. It’s not the classes but the degree that for some schools will make the person a transfer student so they should ask each school before assuming. If he really wants the AA he can apply for it later once he knows it doesn’t conflict with the school he chooses. Every school handles DE credits differently. Neither of my kids were allowed any transfer credit from 2 year schools and the credits they earned from 4 year schools still were not automatically accepted. They had to match a course at their school and even then the text and syllabus had to be approved as well. DE was a good choice for my kids in HS but they got zero credit for any of it.
@acdchai Hmmm interesting. The only reason I don’t mind taking these DE classes is because they are absolutely free via the school (they reap the tax benefits). Though I do want to reiterate, these classes are not actually Dual Enrollment. I take the class as a normal college student, I get the college credits, and I graduate the college, but these classes show up as AP classes on my High School transcript.
If you are registered as a college student and getting a degree you very well may be considered a transfer student which can affect FA. Just your schools before signing up to get the degree.