<p>There are a very small number of institutions in the US that offer guaranteed merit based aid to international students - basically if you have the GPA and the ACT or SAT score you are in, and you get that money. Read through this thread, and through the threads that are linked inside of it, and check out the policies of the various universities to find out if the money is available to international students. If you can get that ACT above 30, you should have some options.</p>
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<p>Remember that these scholarships can change from one year to the next, so you will also have to do a bit of research on your own. If you like these options, don’t enroll anywhere for the fall so that you don’t lose your freshman status when you apply. There are lots of things that you can do in a Gap Year. Just look around your town or city, and think about the possibilities. You don’t need to save the world, you just need to do something reasonably productive.</p>