Yes, comprehension with speed is hard. Read a lot! Does your school have ESL classes? Maybe they have workbooks to help with that?
If your school has Advanced ESL/Reading, take it. Or if your local community college does.
How was your 1050 split? 750/300 or 600/450?
@MYOS1634
Thank you so much for all your advice. Those are more helpful than my counselor’s 
Regarding to credits, I have checked with counselor, she said I have enough credits and classes required to graduate. I will have had 29.5 credits after my senior year. So no problems with credits
I think GC is not an issue for me to apply for college.
- My status allows me to go to whatever school I want, no matter public or private.
- My status here is my parent’s business-related status, so it will not affect my ability to pay for college. And it will not make sense if we say we can’t pay for college since we came here to “make money”.
Hopefully my AP classes I’m going to take next year will help boost my gpa high enough to apply to college.
And like @RMNiMiTz said, English proficiency really hinders me from doing EC. However, I have about 50 volunteer hours so far. Other EC I do at home mainly. I’m currently an administrative assistant for a hospice, social media manager for nonprofit, content writer for a startup. I can consider those at either volunteer positions or internship. I’m not sure yet. But everything I do just focus on business field.
And @RMNiMiTz, I’m a girl btw
Thanks for all your advice. I really appreciate it. I can’t ask my parents because we came here at the same time, they can’t help me. You guys are like my counselors
@MYOS1634
It was 480 for Reading + Writing and 570 for Math. I didn’t study for any of them. I got 570 for Math because I didn’t finish it. Speed issue again
I think you missed the point. Yes, you can go to any school you want, but admissions are different for international students.
Which is great, but the issue isn’t whether you can afford to, but rather whether you can get in.
I assume you have a dependent non-immigrant investment visa? If that’s the case, you are probably not getting a Greencard anytime soon. On the same note, if that is indeed the case, make sure you get a student visa for college (student visa allows some work for experience, while dependent visa usually does not).
Which classes are you going to be taking exactly? And are you applying this summer/fall, or are you taking a gap year (taking a year after graduating) before going to college? There are colleges (some of which you mentioned) that only look at the first 6 semesters for admissions. If you are applying to be part of the class of 2022 and apply this summer, your senior classes don’t matter that much. Make sure you read the admissions carefully of the colleges that you intend to apply to. The colleges that normally take into consideration the first 6 semesters will take into account senior year if you take a gap year and apply next summer.
I would recommend you pick up some study book and do some practice tests. While I am sure you parents can afford prep classes, they usually take a long time to have an effect. If you intend to go to college straight away without a gap year, that means your chances of retaking the SAT are limited to this fall. If you intend to take a gap year and go to college in fall of 2019, then you should look into some prep classes.
While a previous user has recommended against the ACT on the grounds that it contains the wordy science section (of which I agree with), I would say you should still look into the ACT. The ACT math section is much clearer and tests concepts that are taught normally in school (it tests your mathematical knowledge instead of your mathematical aptitude). I found (personally) the reading/writing section to also be much easier. However, the science section is pretty difficult, so you might want to check that out first.
Oh, I don’t know, there are plenty of decent colleges the OP could convince to take them.
I know state schools take internationals that can private pay in a second, C average or higher. 1050 SAT is low but not impossible.
Here is a random example:
http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Penn-State-Harrisburg-SAT-scores-GPA
Average SAT score is 1110. Low = 25th percentile is 990. High = 75th percentile is 1230.
I would also think a great option would be for you to go to a community college that has a relationship with four-year colleges, autoadmit if you get certain grades. You would get a lot of English practice, and could set yourself up for a better college.
NYU has partnership community colleges:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/cctop/
Here is a list of those partnership community colleges:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/cctop/faculty/schools
^“branch campuses” with a guaranteed 2+2 would be a good opportunity since you get to show what you’re able to do - but I actually think that if you could raise your SAT score to 1200, you’d get into Penn State/Pitt/tOSU main campus directly without need for a branch campus detour.
For instance, for Penn State, apply in October, choose “DUS” (undecided major), indicate you have 5+ years in a language other than English + another one, all three of physics/chem/Bio + extra science, 20+ Honors/AP (due to Vietnam classes + senior year), score a 1200, good essay, and I’m pretty sure you’d get in; you could even apply to the Honors college (they don’t count SAT scores and having international experience would help - what matters most is essays and curriculum rigor; each essay is read by faculty who decide whether they’d like to have the author in their classes so the purpose is different than a traditional college admission essay).
You can check the Tumblr for a student called AFrenchie36 to hear about that experience.
Penn State, Pitt, and tOSU are all excellent universities in their own right, their honors colleges are very good, and Schreyer is Top 10 in the US.
The downside is that you must be able to pay tuition since there are few scholarships.