Thoughts? (Undergrad in English)

Hello everyone, hope you all are doing good!
Got a bit of situation and could use some advice on the whole university thing.

So, after highschool, I (19M) took a gap year and landed in Japan in March this year for language school purpose. Originally, I planned to get N2, sit EJU and go with the traditional route but now I feel like N2 might not cut it. So I went ahead and did the English route exams, here are my scores:

IELTS 7, SAT 1220, GPA 3.8
I feel like I could write a solid essay and get a pretty good recommendation letter.

Now the initial question: Considering my low sat score, is it realistic for me to apply to English undergrad programs like MJSP, IUP, PEARL, Nagoya G30, etc.? Would it be possible for me to get scholarships and get into private universities with my stats? I’m thinking of Economics or Liberal Arts colleges. (I saw some comments about English undergrad here isn’t the best option there is but the education offered in my country is shit so I don’t really mind English route.)

Or should I just suck it up and stick around my language school for another year and go the traditional route, eyeing for national universities? But the thing with the Japanese route is that I’m not really keen on delaying things any longer than this, I already took 2 years off after graduation, my friends are already pretty far ahead, in their second and third years at uni, I feel like I’m lagging behind a bit too much.

I also thought of retaking sat and applying for September admissions, but most of them are private universities and comes off very costly in my eyes who is barely hanging on while paying for language school tuitions by myself. And if I were to take this route, I am thinking I could quit language school and work (in case I find a job that takes care of my visa) to save up my tuition while preparing for the September intake. This way, I might not feel so behind anymore haha. (Yeah, the financial situation back home isn’t very good in the last few years, so I can’t really get any support atm.) Is it doable or do I need a reality check for this route?

I would love to hear your thoughts on this. I appreciate you for taking the time to read my post(rant).