To get the maximum amount of money, apply to a smaller, less well-known college where your SAT scores are above the average students. The US News publications, and others, will tell you what the average SAT score or its interquartile range would be.

If you are somehow affiliated with any international group or religion, Bahai or Kiwanis or Boy Scouts, contact their American office and ask for help. There may be special relationships between that group and a college or two.

Look for colleges in the middle of the country where few Indian students go. As a novelty, you’ll be a good position to offer the American students a new perspective on life. The college will encourage you to do that by providing some scholarship money, without much consideration of your SAT score.

How high of a score you need to get into a school depends on the school you want to go to. The more prestigious the school the higher the score you will need.

Here is a link to a sight I found that you may find useful.

http://www.princetonreview.com/college/testprep/testprep.asp?TPRPAGE=295

It shows the scores for all three sections of the SAT and ACT scores needed to get into some of the universities all over the country. If this does not help contact the universities you are interested in and ask. Most universities have websites for perspective students to log on and ask questions. Just do a google search for the school you are interested in and follow the links.

Hope this helps

R

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