What are my match schools? [$20-30k limit with merit, STEM major from LA, NMF 4.0 GPA]

UvA doesn’t really give merit just need based. There are a couple merits that are not associated by UVA the school but other entities that give them such as Jefferson scholarship but nearly impossible to get- need to be nominated etc. OOS tuition is about 52,000 alone. It also doesn’t give any money for NMF.

Apply UsC early to try to be selected for one of their merits and they give half for NMF. It’s not a match but you seem like a strong candidate for USC.