Is there any way I study abroad in the USA for free?

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First answering your last question.

Unless someone can point to the contrary there are only 7 American colleges that are completely need-blind and meet 100% of the financial need for international students. And they are Harvard, MIT, Amherst, Yale, and Princeton, Curtis Institute of Music, and the Minerva Program at KGI (which is an online school through the Keck Graduate school at the 5Cs in Claremont where you live in 7 countries). And there are 2 outside the US programs that are super excellent but super hard to get into. They are New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and Yale-NUS College, Singapore which I think have an admission rate of 2%, something like that.

The next tier of colleges are excellent top 20 schools but they are need-aware but provide 100% of financial need meaning, they will only consider you if they have room in their class but give priority to other International students who have the means to pay. They are:

Williams College – Need aware. Meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for all admitted international students.

California Institute of Technology – Need aware. Meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for selected admitted international students

Swathmore College – Need aware. Meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students

Stanford University – Need aware. Has a limited amount of financial aid for international students.

Davidson College – Need aware. Meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students.

Colgate University – Need aware. Meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students.

Vassar College – Need aware. Meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students.

University of Richmond – Need aware. Meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for all admitted students.

Duke University – Need aware. Meets 100 percent of demonstrated financial need for a limited number of admitted international students.

There are of course many outside scholarships that together in conjunction with institution aid packages can facilitate an international student going to college for free, however, that requires more diligent research and the time and effort to apply to those individual scholarship programs.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/a-guide-to-scholarships-for-international-students

https://www.affordablecolleges.com/resources/scholarships-for-international-students/

https://www.edupass.org/paying-for-college/scholarships/databases/

https://www.iefa.org/

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/advice/scholarships-available-us-international-students

There is a misconception that International students have hundreds of college choices to study in America for free. That is not the case. The other thing you have to consider is that we are in the midst of a pandemic that has 6 million COVID-19 cases and 187,000 deaths and by the time regular decision applications are due some estimate us having 10 million cases and 400,000 deaths. You have to consider your health and that the USA policies for travel and issues student VISAs are a moving target. One thing that many students do not realize is that the cost of getting the proper VISA and permissions has increased. I think the F1 Visa fee is over $500.00 now due to Chad Wolf, head of Homeland Security raise all fees. There are not that many economical flight options to go to and from Ethiopia as well.