<p>Is that 1480/2400?
If so, it’s not “far below the average”, it’s right around the average.
The problems are (1) if you’re not a domestic applicant (are undocumented in a State that doesn’t recognize your HS graduation, or are international and (2) your budget.</p>
<p>For that budget and thinking this is 1480/2400, there are lots of possibilities, but none with scholarship (vs. /1600, which totally changes things):</p>
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<li>Schools in the upper Midwest: UWisconsin LaCrosse, UWisconsin Eau Claire, UWisconsin Green Bay, UWisconsin Superior. Superior has some scholarships but I don’t know whether you’d qualify, it’d depend on your TOEFL score (if ELL) and whether you’re in the top 30% among students enrolled in secondary school (not necessary prep/academic schools, this would include technical and other polytechnic schools). For the same type of schools and the same basic budget, you also have MN State Moorhead, MN Bemidji, MN State Mankato, South Dakota State University, Chadron State. Those would be the cheapest universities you can find for your stats.</li>
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<p>-In the Northeast: University of Maine, Fort Kent; Bloomsburg University, Mansfield University, CUNY CSI, Cleveland State</p>
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<li><p>In the West: Utah State, Adams State, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State San Bernardino, Sonoma State</p></li>
<li><p>In the South: UNC Greensboro, West Carolina University, Kentucky State, Arkansas Tech</p></li>
<li><p>if you’re stronger academically based on your country’s results, than the SAT would let us see: U-Minnesota Morris, Truman State, Appalachian State, UNC-Asheville, Louisiana Tech</p></li>
<li><p>lots of small private colleges would be happy to have a fee-paying international student for $30,000. They don’t require the SAT, just your home country’s results and the TOEFL. Can you give us an idea of how competitive you are in your own country (perhaps school-leaving exams or predicted results)?</p></li>
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<p>If you don’t like these schools, you need to retake the SAT and score better, or perhaps take the ACT. It’s okay to take a gap year to prepare, as long as you do something else (volunteer, work… but NOT take college classes!)</p>