<p>As I see it, you have two issues: the math score, and your desire to start college somewhere in the fall of 2014. Go to the Parents Forum, and read through the threads on Gap Years. This is something that you should really consider. </p>
<p>If you plan now to take a year off, you will be able to more thoroughly research your options, and you will be able to cast a wider net so that you get the aid that you need. Many of the best merit scholarships have application cut-offs of December 1 or even earlier, which means that you have missed a whole bunch of them. A gap year will also give you time to take the ACT at least once, and to work on your math score for the SAT if you decide to go that route. Last and not least, it would give you time to do the sort of research discussed in <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/148852-what-ive-learned-about-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/148852-what-ive-learned-about-full-ride-scholarships.html</a> and <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/291483-update-what-i-learned-about-free-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/291483-update-what-i-learned-about-free-ride-scholarships.html</a> If that mom could find money for both of her boys, you can find money for yourself.</p>