I could have shown up to ERAU with checkbook in hand and gotten accepted right away to the "number 1" school, but for two years the USAFA wouldn't take me.
Oh wait, DoDMERB is a *****. Unless you have never been to a doctor in your life, they will find something to reject you.
Rant aside... you might consider Illinois. Big State school with all the benefits that brings, plus an excellent flight program that allows you to get a slightly more useful aviation degree (Human Factors) OR it has a nice program that allows you to major in something else while still taking the flight courses (private through CFI/II/MEI). Its a 141 school FWIW.