Success rate with waiver request for the CSS?

You need to look at affordable colleges too. Start researching those as well as requirements for merit awards. Look at you
MN unlocked universities.

Right now, you have only freshman high school grades and no standardized test scores. You don’t even know if the competitive schools you listed will be in your range. Many of these schools accept less than 10% of applicants.

Please open your mind to a broader search