I guess you answer then. CPP shouldn’t be on the list. I get it. Cheaper better but we can stretch for the ‘right’ school. That wouldn’t be CPP. You might look at a Vandy, WUSTL, Rice, Miami, Col School of Mines. These are unlikely to get u in the 50s but they have scholarships. Well School if Mines will be there (at budget). Plus CU Boulder and it’s a strong engineering school.
I get it now.
Don’t forget, add another $5k vs what you think. College costs at least that much more than they tell you.
Sounds like you have a lot going on