<p>Beastman provides excellent insights and suggestions here. </p>
<p>I’d add that in your case, the RAI is only a guidepost, since your high school does not rank. As it indicates on the UI websire, UI admissions reviews each application manually in cases where your HS does not rank and an RAI cannot be calculated, so that applies in your case. </p>
<p>The other thing that could help you is that Iowa allows you to submit your application for “individual review” initially. This involves 2 letters of recommendation, and a personal statement. With your current ACT score, I believe you would want to go down that path. I would verify this with your HS counselor. In this case, they are more likely to review the difficulty of your high school, etc. </p>
<p>Hope this helps…please keep us posted, and good luck!</p>