Utah has generous grading policies so a 3.6 GPA is pretty easy to maintain if you qualify for the scholarships (where you would be far above the mid 50% range) and don’t spend all your time skiing - generally you would be surprised/disappointed by any grade lower than an A. They publish the GPA percentiles by major, the 50th percentile is around 3.5 for most majors. The full ride (Eccles) renewal requirement is 3.5, and they said no one has ever lost the scholarship by not meeting that cutoff. To get the Presidential OOS award this year needed a 36 ACT, whereas 34-35 typically received the full tuition OOS award (note with that you still pay a couple of thousand dollars in fees as well as room and board). Eccles is more than just stats, they look for a cohort with different majors and backgrounds, and a 34 ACT wouldn’t be out of the running at all.
My D18 loves it there (she had similar stats, 4.0UW/35 ACT/9 APs with 8 5s, went there primarily for dance, also got into UCB, UCLA, etc.). She has had no problem finding plenty of friends who are non-religious (like her), and from what I can see mostly the girls are more liberal than the guys. The outdoor lifestyle is wonderful, especially if you like skiing (30 mins to Snowbird) and many students have cars and take lots of camping and backpacking trips to Moab, Bryce and the other national parks. Its a vastly underrated school (especially here in CA) with lots of donated money and amazing facilities.