- moving to a state to attend college makes you ineligible for instate tuition because you are assumed to leave once you graduate; furthermore, your parents haven’t paid taxes in that state. Just living in the state doesn’t make you a resident for tuition purpose. (I know, it’s confusing).
- the exceptions to the above rule are Missouri and Utah. Apply to UUtah, Mizzou, and MUST.
- your challenge is finding an affordable university. Your basic budget is 12.5k/year (50k/4) +5.5k (loan) + some Pell Grant. So, you need a full tuition merit scholarship or a need-based scholarship. None of the universities on your list offer that for your stats. There ARE universities that offer such a scholarship though.
Run the NPC to get an idea of costs at Union, Lafayette, Bucknell, Clarkson, Northeastern, UA Huntsville, PVAMU… - apply for mechanical engineering if you really want to work on aerospace engineering (more jobs, more universities with the program) You’d have more chances if you focused on Physics as more universities offer this program, including some they’d consider your excellent subject tests only, or your SAT+ subject tests (the subject test scores are one of your strengths and most universities on your list will other weigh them little or not at all).