<p>The OP’s friend can get into lots of colleges, but isn’t likely to be able to afford anything but community colleges because the colleges that the student could be accepted to are colleges without much money for need-based scholarships. That includes places like ASU, which have wonderful merit aid for OOS high stat students, but aren’t likely to give anything to needy OOS students with mediocre stats.</p>
<p>If the OP wants to help their friend, the OP should steer the friend to a local community college and encourage the friend to get high grades there so as to be able to transfer to an in-state public university that may give the student some financial aid or merit aid (something that some publics have for in-state transfers from community colleges).</p>