R&B= Room and board
Full tuition means the costs to be authorized in class, using the classrooms, labs, the computer labs, the tutoring center, the library, and of course benefiting from a professor’s and classmates ’ insights.
Fees are often tacked on for using the gym, printing, etc. There are also costs for parking or laundry.
Room and Board covers housing in a dorm and the food you eat on campus.
A scholarship that covers tuition, fees, room, and board is called a ‘full ride’. Those are very rare and typically imply very high test scores. Look at Howard, ncsu, Lsu, for automatic full rides for stats, at washington&lee or unc for competitive ones.
Some universities consider your parents’ income and assets but they take very few students with high need and those ought to fill an institutional need. The level of financial aid you need is taken into account in the decision and if you can pay less than 25k it’s harder for you, and I’d you can pay less than 12k it’s an uphill battle.
Finally, there are five universities that don’t look at how much money you need when they admit you. They want the best students in the world. At those world-famous schools, they’ll cover books etc. If you can’t pay for them. But they really only take students to are exceptional, Best in the World at something. Your odds are 1% there.
So, apply to a variety of colleges.