how is my financial aid for these schools? is the NPCS correct? am I a good scholarship candidate?

UIUC won’t work, but another Illinois public might. ISU, for example, has a total cost of $28,000 for instate, and your ACT score would make you eligible for a $6,000 per year scholarship:

http://admissions.illinoisstate.edu/freshman/cost/scholarships/us.php

A good program to know about is Midwest Tuition Exchange, where you’ll get a discount at other state’s publics, and a few privates. This usually does not include the flagships, but the University of Kansas is an exception:

http://admissions.ku.edu/cs#NonresidentFreshmen

so you could get $10,000 per year off an approximately $32,000 COA.

At the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, your costs would be under $20,000 per year:

http://www.uwsp.edu/admissions/Pages/Affordability/default.aspx

These are just examples; there are many more. The Midwest Tuition Exchange site is here:

http://msep.mhec.org/

Are you planning to retake the ACT? A higher score would give you more merit aid options.