Before anything, if you are a legal immigrant, check what you qualify for - especially wrt Bright Futures. I’m surprised a FL legal resident who graduated from a FL HS won’t qualify.
wrt federal aid, I thought Legal immigrant/Asylum pending was a category they considered if you had documentation and a number (?? not sure = @kelsmom ? )
Second, you don’t have to enroll in Community college this August (unless your local scholarships require you to - check whether you might be able o use them in January or next year for instance, if push comes to shove). Tell your friends you’re taking a gap year/semester to figure out the US College process, I’m sure they’ll understand. building a good list is hard, figuring out the finances also. CC will still be there. Even if you change your mind it’s typically very easy to register at a CC, you don’t need to decide right now.
If your EFC is 0, you want to preserve your freshman status because that’s what garners the most financial aid.
Do you know your EFC if it’s not 0?
At many colleges, you’re allowed to figure out what you like and what you want to do with your life after taking a few classes. You don’t have to figure it out BEFORE you start college. There’s even a category called “Undecided” or “Undeclared” for the many, many freshmen like you - and most freshmen also switch majors, from, say, Engineering to Business, or Business to Economics, or English to Political Science&Spanish, etc. Figuring that out, personal&academic growth, is a big part of freshman year.
You can take non credit continuing education classes (as suggested by @compmom) without jeopardizing your freshman status and the scholarships that come with it.
Any FL Community College has transfer paths and technical/vocational programs; if you were to enroll, you’d need to be on a transfer path (AA not AS or AAS) and taking general education classes. (More about that below).
TCC2FSU is another good program.
If you’re allowed to work, find a job that allows you to use your skills, or at least a job that pays well (go round restaurants and see where they need people).
Are you bilingual?
What’s your UNWEIGHTED and WEIGHTED GPA?
Have you taken Precalculus Honors or Calculus?
Bio, chem, physics?
3-4 years of Spanish (or another world language)?
Any AP or AICE classes?
What’s your SAT or ACT score?
What visa do you/your parents hold?
Some colleges have excellent financial aid for excellent students they want. However having answers to the above would help us figure out whether you’d qualify and whether it’s worth it for you to wait or not.
A typical 1st year student would be taking: Statistics or Calculus1 (depending on HS prep and strengths), Freshman Writing, a “doing college the right way” seminar, a foreign language class, and either a humanities/arts or science class that appeals to them (again, depending also on prior background). In your case, a Media Studies and a Music Appreciation classes could be good choices.
Because HS background would matter for that, having the answers to the above questions also matters for registration. (An random adviser may not realize what classes you’d take if you didn’t meet officially with your HS transcript).
Also, check whether your local CC has an Honors Program.
Here are some colleges for you to look into
and programs
https://honors.fsu.edu/
https://honors.fiu.edu/