I think your background is very interesting. As an example of the kind of smaller private school that some of the earlier comments suggest, take a look at Denison University in Ohio. It’s a very good school that will meet the full financial need of any international student who is accepted. That doesn’t mean the school does not consider your financial need in deciding whether to accept or not, but if they accept, they will meet full need. The school also offers generous merit scholarships. My son was a psych major at Denison, graduating last year, and had a very good experience. He is a US citizen but grew up in Japan and did the IBDP at an international school there. Denison is the school that I am most familiar with, so I use it as an example, but there are a number of other schools that you could look at if you can consider a smaller private college.
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