<p>I’ll be frank and keep it real, most of the coaches that recruit from Cadet & Junior World-OSU/St. Johns & Wayne State usually find a few fencers so having a passable TOEFL score is a plus. PSU and Cleveland State have also pulled people via this route also. Now as far as scholarships, I think you only have a very, very select few schools that have the financial resources that clear demonstrate they will fund elite foreign nationals OSU/PSU–Notre Dame not as much and St. Johns another good tip might be to look at programs where the current coach still has ties to his former Eastern Bloc country…</p>