<p>Look at MomfromTexas’s thread on full ride scholarships. Also look for some guaranteed merit scholarships. If you have good grades along with that SAT, you will get some merit possibilities and you may not need anything from your parents to go to college.</p>
<p>You can also commute from home, working part time which is what many college students do. Going away to college is truly a privilege, and though you may be able to get the funds to do so because you have the test scores to put you in scholarship area, that is not the case for most students. They get their college degree, bit by bit. The average college student in the US is in his mid 20s and works as well as being a student.</p>
<p>If you can get some financial data, and tax forms from them,you can run them through some estimators to see what kind of financial aid you can expect. If you are doing “well” financially, which you imply in your post, some schools may expect a hefty contribution from your parents regardless of how they feel about paying for college, so the merit route for you is a more sure path.</p>