You have a work permit now, and your green card is in process. Take a gap year. Work (you already have that permission), create a better application list for yourself (check through everything in this thread too: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1678964-links-to-popular-threads-on-scholarships-and-lower-cost-colleges.html#latest ), and then reapply for fall 2016. Verify the scholarship situations for both international and domestic applicants in case you still don’t have your green card by this time next year.