Please don’t try to compare your potential aid with what anyone else got in the past. That won’t work.
Are your parents still married? Do they work regular w2 jobs? Do they only own your primary residence? If yes to all three…did you run the net orice calculator for any of these colleges?
Or are you very certain that your parents can afford possibly $80,000 a year for you to attend some of these colleges…especially since it sounds like you are the first of five children they need to plan for?
Did you apply for financial aid?