@fishgill Thanks for the apology. Sorry for attacking you in my earlier response.
USC maybe would work. (Also make sure u apply for the FAFSA for USC bc they give pretty good fin. aid)
@intparent That would be so great. I really love the school (especially its location).
But yeah the asymmetry in my scores is why I decided to make a post like this. It’s so hard to tell where I could get accepted, given the imbalance.
@nw2this I know U of I champaign is a pretty decent school, but I’m didn’t like it very much when I visited. I’ll probably still apply though, because the low cost would be nice.
Are you considering east coast as well or just west? How about UWashington Seattle?
@vgklol I would really love to go to USC, but I’ve always been thrown off by the cost–they’re one of the most expensive universities in the country.
@fishgill I’m open to the east coast, although areas with decent winters.
I’ve looked at U Washington, but I think it might be a bit of a reach. Plus it might be a little too far away.
You mentioned Colorado College. For University of Colorado Denver, your GPA is right on the money but SAT scores would be above the average. For UColorado Boulder, the average GPA is a 3.5 but you’re still above the average for SAT. Those seem like good match schools for you, if you’re interested in them.
Get a copy of Loren Pope’s Colleges that Change Lives or go to the CTCL website. These are schools, mostly LACs that do a great job bringing along late bloomers who maybe didn’t shine their first two years of HS. For many of these schools you’d have a decent chance of merit scholarships, especially if you continue to improve your GPA and do as well as you predict on your standardized tests.
Ditch the debate club, focus on your grades and writing good application essays next fall.
Regarding Colorado - you do know that the winters there are pretty severe - right? 
p.s There’s a thread on this forum “where did my 3.3 - 3.6 student get in?” or something to that effect. There’s another one for 3.0-3.3 students. Lots of good suggestions there.
CO winters on the front range are not that bad. It snows and it melts, lots of 60 degree days in the winter.
OP might need FA to make CO schools fit his budget.
My D has stats similar to yours - well she already took her ACT. 31. 3.4 uw, 4.3 w. Will have taken 9 AP courses. Had a few more ECs than you, one with a leadership position.
Her friend’s stats are also similar - 3.3 and 33 ACT. She had fewer ECs than my D.
They each took different approaches to choosing colleges.
My D applied to “directional” state schools where she’d be in the top 10% for test scores. (Her GPA was actually average for these schools, except one. ) She received merit scholarships, enabling her to pay in-state tuition at the two OOS and half of tuition and fees at an in-state… She received Honors program invitations to all three.
Her friend applied to the state flagship, a couple OOS flagships, was admitted to, and was full-pay at all.
She applied to Northwestern and was deferred.
You have a few options -
apply to OOS state flagships, or high-ranked privates, including higher-ranked LACS and be full-pay;
apply to in-state flagship, where you will probably be full-pay, depending on your state;
apply to “directionals” and be a star at the top, and go to school cheaply, probably well under budget;
apply to small LACs, get a small merit scholarship (maybe) and barely make your budget, or go a little over budget, but it could be doable, depending…
Also, ask yourself if you’re more comfortable being at the top of the class, in the middle, or near the bottom of the middle… or near the bottom, depending on where you apply and are admitted…
That will also affect how much you pay at some schools.
My D decided she was fine going in at the top; her friend is fine being in the middle (she’s going to our selective state flagship).
My D is paying much less for college than her friend.
eta:
Just saw you’re in IL. So are we. Like I said, D’s friend was admitted to UIUC but not for a competitive major (STEM).
She also was admitted to UW-Madison.
My D was admitted to SIU-C with the highest automatic merit scholarship.
You might also look at: Beloit, Augustana, IL Wesleyan, Knox, Earlham, Butler.
First of all, I wish people would stop suggesting that a 3.3 unweighted GPA is not perfectly respectable. Every college I visited with my sons firmly declared that curricular rigor was their top priority, and so the weighted GPA certainly does matter as much as the unweighted. My younger son had an unweighted GPA of 3.3-3.4 and I considered him a very good student. He got into Tulane, UC San Diego, Pitzer, Whitman, Occidental, et al. He received generous merit scholarships from New College of Florida, Willamette, Eckerd, and Guilford, and a modest merit award from Whitman. His test scores were not as high as the OP’s, but he had excellent ECs and first-rate recommendations.
Have you considered any Canadian colleges? They are typically less expensive than US schools.
I echo everyone’s suggestion to check out Colleges That Change Lives.
@woogzmama He got into Pitzer with a 3.3?! That’s awesome. I’d already ruled them out because I thought I had no chance. Do they not care much about GPA? I’d already ruled out the Claremont schools (I’m particularly interested in Claremont McKenna) because they have such a low acceptance rate so I assumed my grades would rule me out.
Where did your son end up going?
You aren’t getting into CMC. And there is nothing wrong with your GPA at most of the schools listed in post #31, they are reasonable to look at. I think what people are saying, though, is that the CMCs (and the UChicagos) of the world are out of reach. You are going to want to look at schools ranked around #20 and higher on the US News LAC list, and those in the 20-30ish range are still going to be low reaches for you. Work your way down the list further to build a list of possible matches and safeties. If you don’t have a copy of the Fiske Guide to Colleges, you should get one (your GC or library may have one, they don’t change a lot if you get your hands on an older version, just don’t trust the test score or application requirements from them).
How far west do you want to be?
You’d probably be admitted to U of Montana, U of Nebraska, U of Kansas (definitely), U Missouri (definitely), Truman State (would be a cheap option with their sliding scale merit awards), and Western Washington, U of New Mexico (you’d probably get some merit there, too), Portland State…
A few LACs out west where you could maybe get merit aid: (in addition to what woogzmama mentioned)
Whittier, CA
University of Redlands, CA
Pacific Lutheran U
I second you getting a copy of the Fiske guide, as well as a copy of Colleges That Change Lives, if you’re interested in LACs. You have the stats to be admitted to many of the schools in the book.
You might also look at the book, America’s Best Colleges for B students. Many schools in that book would give a merit award for higher test scores. But most of them are not prestigious.
My son is at New College of Florida now. He also applied to CMC, knowing it was a reach, because he had such strong “leadership” ECs. His counselor thought it was a good long-shot given his attributes. Pitzer had waitlisted students from his (private boarding) school in recent years, but hadn’t accepted anyone. His adviser spoke with an admissions representative who visited the school asking why they hadn’t been a little kinder, given their similar, progressive cultures. My son had visited the campus, and met with the rep at his school, indicating interest, and his application probably appealed to them. They did not offer any financial aid whatsoever, though. I think my son had some geographic diversity working in his favor, along with an application that melded with Pitzer’s holistic admissions. He was wait-listed at Reed, also.
Check out the Midwest College Exchange program.