<p>Hi, first of all I'd like to state that I am an international student who is really looking forward to understand how scholarships work and from what SAT scores do they start. I scored 1810 on my first SAT Writing: 640 CR: 450 Maths: 720 . Hopefully I can improve my score on the next SAT. All I need to know is if I have the potential to get a decent scholarship, how exactly do scholarships work, what scores are needed, and how to apply for a scholarship. Thanks :)</p>
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<p>I’ll stick my neck out here…if you are looking for significant MERIT aid awards as an international student, you need to very significantly improve that CR scores.</p>
<p>Are you a senior now? If so, you may not have time to raise your scores enough for large scholarship consideration.</p>
<p>How much will your family pay each year?</p>
<p>Yea, I know this CR score is low. My average is 500 ~ 550, but this time I screwed up 
is a 500 ~550 good enough?</p>
<p>Well, I am a junior and this was my October test score, my November score isn’t out yet. I think I can afford around 5000$ or something.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, a 550 is very unlikely to get you a scholarship. There is just so little money for non American students that what’s there typically goes to kids with scores in the high seven hundreds. Grad school s the easier time for most to study in the US.</p>
<p>There are few schools that give merit scholarships to int’ls. The ones that I’ve seen usually require you to have at least a 2100+ for a substantial scholarship…which would still leave you with a good amount to pay. </p>
<p>In your case, since your family can only pay $5k, even a substantial scholarship wouldn’t be enough. Even if you got a 2100+ SAT and got a full tuition scholarship, your family would have to pay around $18k+ per year for room, board, books, fees, travel, insurance, and personal expenses.</p>
<p>And before you can get a student visa I believe you have to have all of the money you need in hand to show the US government. </p>
<p>It does not sound like studying in the US is an option for you.</p>
<p>Thanks for the fast replys guys :)</p>