You have a lot more get up and go than my son. I’m still trying to get him to fill out the engineering scholarship application.
I don’t know if you looked into Nebraska, but with a 28 or 29 ACT (can’t remember which), out of state gets an automatic 15K/year scholarship.
Or maybe a smaller out of state school that doesn’t charge much for out of state tuition? I don’t know what engineering branch you’re looking at but University of Wisconsin - Platteville only charges 12K/year for out of state tuition and is suppose to have a good program. My son’s “safety”, in that we know he can go for a low price is Duluth, but we’re in MN.