During Covid, we lived at the end of the SB peninsula when we got locked out of our country. You live in a lovely place and are so lucky that you attend such an awesome high school! (Your details give away enough to make an educated guess.) I say this because we met two students when we lived there who had gotten amazing FA/merit at Union College and Bard College. One is now in grad school at Yale. Since you are open to small schools, have you considered applying to a few less selective ones where you will stand out? It would be so terrific if you could have a few choices that don’t saddle you with loans.