I do not know what the elite scholarships are saying at the schools on your lists (i.e. Robertson, Morrill, Wells, etc), but I would ask them what percentage of students who were awarded a scholarship applied test optional.
One thing you may want to do is look at schools that are not as competitive for entrance (and big scholarships). That doesn’t mean that you’d be likely to get the big scholarships, but you’d be likelier to get them. A 1450 SAT score is a good score, at about the 96th percentile (source), and many schools would be thrilled to have you on their campus, knowing exactly what your score is. I think that with your interests, leadership experience, service work, etc, that you could be a very compelling candidate.
In looking at your proposed budget ($25k/year, which also appears to include loans), I would target schools that offers scholarship of at least tuition, if not a full ride.
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Centre (KY): About 1400 undergrads and you might be competitive for one of its full ride scholarships.
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Denison (OH): About 2400 undergrads with strong offerings (including in your areas of interests) and offers up to full tuition scholarships.
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Fordham (NY): About 10k undergrads and offers tons of opportunities to take advantage of its New York City locations. Offers scholarships up to a full ride.
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Hobart William Smith (NY): About 1600 undergrads and you might be competitive for its full tuition scholarships. It’s strong in the social sciences and appears to have a commitment to foreign language education.
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Loyola Chicago (IL): About 12k undergrads at this Jesuit school and you could be competitive for one of its full tuition scholarships.
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Miami (OH): This public ivy of about 17k undergrads suits your interests well and offers scholarships, and I think you could be competitive for the Presidential Fellows, its full ride.
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Saint Louis (MO): About 11k undergrads at this Jesuit institution, and I think you could be competitive for one of its full tuition scholarships.
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Syracuse (NY): About 15k undergrads and it has been known to give students combinations of scholarships to get up to full tuition.
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U. of Cincinnati (OH): About 30k undergrads and you might be competitive for one of its big scholarships (it’s unclear whether the Cincinnatus just cover in-state full ride costs or out-of-state ones, too).
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U. of Rochester (NY): About 6800 undergrads and offers scholarships up to full tuition.
I’d also take a look at Southern Illinois-Carbondale and the opportunities available there (including a full ride).