<p>I am not sure your status in Canada, but can you qualify for resident tuition there? Certainly paying in province COA would be better than OOS in the states. Could you apply to another province to avoid the problematic situation? McGill? UBC? UVic? Halifax? There are some good schools in Canada in diverse locations usually with low fees.</p>
<p>Another US option would be small privates with merit, but that would like still leave you with $20k annually- think Baylor, TCU, Chapman, Whitworth, and the like. Their sites should show you the combo of SAT/GPA which garners certain amounts of merit award.</p>