Hi, where did you apply since your last post on Jan 8? You know a lot of deadlines were Jan 15. You were told then that the public schools you picked are unlikely to give you any aid, or very small. It is not reasonable to expect a college to pay all your costs and you did not yet say how much you will have per year.
Unfortunately you are in PA which does not even give good aid to citizens. (not ILL @thumper1, and he/she said her parents are returning to S. Korea when he/she graduates) Your best chance might be to live with your uncle and go to a local school you can commute to. You will have to appeal to the college for instate tuition under special circumstances.
http://bulletins.psu.edu/undergrad/generalinformation/tuition2
Here are some options to look into. Some of the deadlines have passed so you might have to apply next year for the following fall. Some you will have to check if available to international students.
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Questbridge partner schools - you would have been a good candidate for this low income program that accepts international students attending US high schools and the partner schools give full aid to accepted students. But Seniors needed to apply last fall so you can’t do this program any longer. You might still have a chance if any partner schools that you have the stats for (and you do for some) have applications open or apply for next year. But many do not have engineering, you would have to pick math or physics or something else. Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of some of these they are all excellent schools. Just look at the ones you are a strong candidate for as far as your test scores are in the top half of accepted students.
http://www.questbridge.org/partner-colleges/overview-listing
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Tuition Free College (Work College) - They are listed in the first post here, you do some work hours for free tuition
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1359504-tuition-free-colleges-p1.html
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Full or half tuition scholarships go through the list but I can see:
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University of Alabama, Huntsville - You would get a full tuition scholarship automatically. However, it will cost about 10,000 per year for room and board, books etc. They have engineering.
University of Alabama, Birmingham - You get get a full tuition scholarship automatically but have to pay the living expenses. They have engineering.
Note: You would have got a full tuition to the main Univ of Alabama campus at Tuscaloosa, plus $2,500 per year for engineering student to use toward your other expenses, but the Deadline was Dec 1 . If I were you I would email the admissions department and tell them your are F1 S. Korean graduating from US high school and give your gpa and sat and ask if it is too late to get a scholarship. Or just put in an application NOW and see. It is very simple to fill out, no essay.
Howard - Full tuition, first come first served. This is a Historically Black College near Washington DC, but they accept other races for diversity, as a matter of fact a white guy was student body president a few years ago. It is 94% African American but there are a few Asians, 1.5%. You are one ACT point short of a full ride here.
Here is the full list to check. Read this carefully and look into every school.
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
Louisiana Tech - you are one ACT point short of a full ride. You might apply to see, even though the deadline was Jan 5.
Temple - you are one ACT point away from a big award. Deadline Mar 1.