Which schools will likely waive OOS or give a substantial merit scholarship for our daughter?

OP- NY doesn’t really have a flagship university but that’s a good thing not a bad thing. Check them out.

For bio she could go anywhere in the state- for physics/Comp Sci, Stonybrook is tops. You’ll need to run the numbers on affordability… and on prices to get home and back… some of the more rural schools aren’t very accessible.