<p>Few colleges offer merit aid to transfers, but some do. Given your financial situation, it may be wise to focus on those.</p>
<p>With 2 years of college under your belt, your high school grades and SAT or ACT scores should not factor into the admissions decision <em>at all</em>. I don’t know of any schools that will even ask for them at that point.</p>
<p>Your 4.0 GPA at the state school is your selling point. Join some academic honor societies if you can, for additional academic bling. Extracurriculars are also still a key ingredient.</p>