Win the lottery?
You could go on Jeopardy! and bet it all and win?
Your child could go to the University of Wyoming and take the automatic scholarship (yes, even for B students), play CSU in a few games every year and have bragging rights over Mom/Dad?
You could move to a state where there are merit scholarships for all hs grads with certain grades/scores. Florida, Tenn, Georgia. Yes, even for B students.
Both my kids had scholarships and they weren’t elite students. They chose their colleges with a budget in mind. One had merit, athletic, and some need based aid. The other had a much smaller merit award, a talent award (theater). They each got a small award from their grandfather’s fraternity. One got a study abroad award.
You just have to look for them. Take all the $500 awards offered. They do add up.
A friend of my daughter’s was a scholarship collector. She went to UCF and got Bright Futures (not full tuition at that time), a UCF scholarship. She won an art award ($500) from the school for drawing the mascot, a few little ones from businesses or clubs in the area (American Legion, a photographer, a band scholarship). The hs gave out several for outstanding history student, math student, etc. Only a few hundred, but I don’t think she paid anything for tuition by the time she was done.