I sense a bit of contradiction - you’ve got Brown, Swarthmore, and Colgate, etc. but then you say tri-state area which I take to mean in the immediate NYC area (NY, NJ, CT) - and not upstate.
So you need to clarify that first - because many you mentioned aren’t in the tri-state area.
Also, if your Net price for Cornell is in the 50s - they are saying you’ll get some aid. They should have provided you amount of how much - about $20K.
But again, you can find “merit” aid - and go to school for less.
The first thing is - really clarifying - do you want to be close to home or being 4 or 5 hours is ok?
Also, if you want to be “in the city” then maybe look at NYC schools - from NYU to CUNY - or Philly schools such as Penn, Drexel, Temple…which aren’t far from home.