OK, just some ideas outside the Northeast where something like an Honors College and/or merit might make it attractive.
People have been talking here recently about South Carolina, which has a really robust, well-regarded Honors College and quite a bit of merit for OOS. To be blunt they are trying to woo higher numbers kids away from more famous OOS options like UNC or such, but hey, nice to be wooed!
https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/honors_college/index.php
Miami of Ohio is an interesting college–great campus, a little smaller and not the usual public vibe. They have automatic merit based on weighted HS GPA and it looks to me like you would qualify for their top award:
As explained there, you can then get more money (sometimes a LOT more money, although that is very competitive) if you are in their Honors College:
The University of Kansas has a base OOS cost of attendance under $50K already, a very well-regarded Honors Program, and again the same sort of GPA-based merit program where you again seem qualified for the top award:
Are these better than your in-state options? Depends on your preferences, but they would be different at least.