@harvardandberkeley you are wrong about the FA policy for OOS students at UNC-CH. They meet need. The hard part is getting in OOS.
I agree that you should look into SUNYs for safeties.
Also, I think you might be able to get some merit at UMD CP (with higher test scores, but lower GPA I got 12k/year renewable for 4 years merit if I remember correctly), and I applied for CS.
That is good to know about UNC-CH that it meets need even for OOS.
Your safeties should have an acceptance rate of 40-50+%.
If you apply to Penn State and Schreyer in September, it’s a safety (psu, not Schreyer) but may not be affordable.
Pitt is a safety and may be affordable for test scores.
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Budget around 40,000 and my home state is New York
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Take UCLA off your list. It will cost $55k+ per year.
Did your parents say that they will pay $40k per year or are you guessing that? Please ask them unless they have actually said that.
Temple and Pitt are unknowns for merit.
PSU will be in the $45K range.
I heartily recommend applying for non-binding Early Action at Tulane. You will hear from them by Thanksgiving, including notification of any merit scholarship. If you get in, with sufficient aid, you won’t have to worry about a safety. I think Michigan has non-binding EA, also, and I expect Fordham would be very generous to you. Temple would almost certainly offer you a handsome merit aid package, along with admission to their Honors program. Their application deadline is later, but you might want to apply as early as possible for the maximum award. They are on rolling admissions.
That is not guaranteed. They only guarantee to respond by December 15. I applied in mid September and didn’t hear back until December 11.