<p>First of all, what do you want to study, and what are you strong at?</p>
<p>Look for colleges that are particularly strong in what you study, and see the atmosphere, size, and location of the school. Also, see if they give any FA to int students because some schools explicitly states that they don’t give any FA or merit scholarship to int student(like Wake Forest University). I know Upenn does, but it will be difficult And…for FA, there are some schools like Uchicago or Occidental College that requires International Student Financial Aid Application(ISFAA). It asks many many financial information so try to complete it in advance. </p>
<p>Also, why don’t you retake SAT to make sure you look strong in application? Its never bad to get a better score in SAT, or ACT. It’s the best to have SAT 2200+ or ACT 34+ to show you are a competitive student.
Particularly, if you score at least 63,640 in reading, you won’t have to take Toefl(uh I hate it). Some schools will have higher criteria, like Dartmouth, which requires at least 700+(!!). Correct me if i am wrong. </p>
<p>Or if you have attended USA school for 4 years with English, some schools will waive your Toefl requirement. Ask school individually…that’s what I did. </p>
<p>Youe need to look for colleges on your own, but for safety I recommend you University of Alabama. </p>
<p>Yes, it’s in South, but half of the students are from out state, and the town is more liberal than average Alabama. Also it is one of academically strong state university that offers full tuition scholarship to OOS/International
with SAT Math+CR 1400 in one sitting and GPA 3.5+. OOS tuition is 24500/year but if you get presidential scholarship, you will get abour 99000$/year! That saves you lots of money. Ask mom2collegekids for more info.</p>