<p>What is your major? And have you taken the SAT/SAT II yet? Your ECs look pretty decent… </p>
<p>Boulder looks very good for you - they have more than a 70% acceptance rate and you’re a resident, so that would lead me to say you’re almost certainly in. Plus staying in-state saves you a ton on tuition.</p>
<p>I can really only speak with details of the Texas schools. The public ones (all you’ve listed except Baylor) are bound by our top 10% rule, which means that all TX resident high school applicants in the top 10% of their graduating class are guaranteed admission. UT Austin is the biggest reach for you due to that reason (practically every HS student I know wants to go to UT), but all of the campuses can be affected, and as a result they have less spots available for OOS and transfer applicants which can make it extremely competitive (moreso depending on your major and the campus you apply to). Obviously, some schools don’t see as many applicants as the others, so they’d have more spaces available.</p>
<p>If you’re set on UT and you don’t get in to Austin, I’d recommend applying to one of the other campuses (Arlington, El Paso, San Antonio, etc.) and then transferring within the system to Austin after your first year - your chances would go up, but I can’t say for sure by how much because most of the people I know who’ve done it were in the CAP program, which is limited to TX residents. But in-system is almost always given preference over external.</p>
<p>You could do something similar with the A&M system if you didn’t get accepted directly to the College Station campus, but they have about a 70% acceptance rate compared to UT’s 44% so your chances are better. Texas Tech is 72%, while Baylor is closer to UT with about 50% of applicants accepted. Keep in mind again the 10% rule for the public schools, and then preference (typically) is given to TX residents who either don’t meet the 10% or transfer. Some of the campuses are definitely seeking to expand their diversity with OOS, and so long as your GPA stays above 3.5 (higher based on major) and you score well on the SAT, you should have a pretty decent shot at Tech, A&M, and the other UT campuses. IMO, Baylor is going to be tougher and Austin even more of a reach.</p>
<p>I am originally from CA (San Diego actually) and unless things have changed, UCSD and SDSU are going to be tough as well because you’re OOS. UCSD admits about 41% and according to the last numbers I saw, SDSU was even lower (which is surprising to me). SDSU was an impacted campus when I lived there, and I saw a lot of OOS students move into the area and go to Grossmont or Mesa CC to increase their odds of transferring. In comparison to the UC stats, UC Santa Cruz has a 73% acceptance rate and Merced is 91%, while all the other campuses are around 40% and UCLA and Berkeley are in the 20s. I’m not sure what their OOS breakdown is but it probably wouldn’t be too hard to find out. </p>
<p>You can look up the ASU, U of A, FL State and Auburn on [::</a> College Planning Made Easy | Inside Source for College Admissions Requirements](<a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com%5D::”>http://www.collegeboard.com) for their admission stats - it’s pretty handy for all the schools actually, with details on financial aid and tuition, etc. Otherwise I’m pretty sure someone will have more information. =)</p>