I’m not sure who originally said it, but allow me to echo. Any school with an acceptance <30% is a reach regardless of stats. Find some state schools that offer immediate financial/merit aid for your stats and add them to your safeties.
If you are not the top 7% in an in state high school, UT Austin is not a safety for you, not even a match.
@MootGobs, sorry to hear of the rough time you had during your high school years. While I am sure you wish all of those things had never taken place, in every challenge (or at least many challenges) there is opportunity! That is, if you show sufficient introspection and maturity you can write great essays that could stand out. Coupled with great recs and your upward trend and your very high SAT, that just might put you over the top at some of the harder ones on your list. Go get em!
Thank you!