<p>You can get those community service hours if you get moving now, can’t you? </p>
<p>You can apply to any and all schools you want, OP. And something may very well turn up. Just cover your base by finding a couple of schools that you know will take you and that you know you can afford and that provide what you want and need. That is the true challenge of the college search. Once you do that, you can go to town and apply to whatever you want. </p>
<p>Usually, the most affordable college is a local state school. You commute and with what your parents give you, work and loans, you can make it work the most easily.</p>