I'll be going into college, so I can answer a few of your questions.
- How can you get a scholarship?
I didn't enter in for any, I was too late on deciding what I wanted to do. Basically a LOT of companies / programs / foundations / etc. give them out for free. Only thing is, you have to do something for them. Most of them I've seen are essays, telling about yourself or what you want to do in college. Simple stuff like that, just start on them early. There's also FAFSA, which is grant money if you qualify for it. Its based on the current / last years tax time.
Do you have to pay for a dorm?/ Are dorms free??
You usually have to pay for dorm rooms, most colleges put it in with the tuition fee. But my community college has off campus apartments literally a step off campus I'll be driving from home there for the next two years, but its only a 10 minute drive.
Isn't it a little early for you to be starting on the college stuff?