<p>OP, “I don’t care if the college is in Texas or abroad. It has to be in the US though”??? You do know abroad means outside the US?</p>
<p>Can your parents afford to pay for large schools outside of TX? Will you need financial aid? What are your chances of finishing in the top 10% of your school which will help in getting into UTA?</p>
<p>As far as a safety, that is possibly your most important choice of your applications. You should build your application list from the safety up. Once you’ve selected a safety for which you are a virtual lock (and which you are WILLING to attend) you can pick whatever else you want for matches and reaches. With your stats there are a lot of very good schools which would offer you merit aid to attend. Look at the list of good merit aid schools in the financial aid forum.</p>