More to ask your GC: whether you are the RPI medallist for your school.
Also ask whether s/he’d be willing to meet with your parents to discuss college applications and costs.
You could apply to SUNY Buffalo and a few others - you need to pick those that have your major and are most likely to offer merit scholarships, meaning you’re in the top 25% applicants. SUNY Albany would be a better bet, financially, than Stony Brook.