^“They aren’t unwilling to do anything”
i don’t know what you mean by this.
The reality is that the hypothetical money can only be
- they have the money (inheritance, or something else
- they will take loans for you.
They may think there is surprise money you are going to get from the colleges for your grades and that is where they made a bad assumption because most of your schools don’t give merit. I really hope you get full tuition at Alabama!