From the CDS, University Park would appear to be a reach with the OP’s stats but not a “no go.”
@I-pity-the-fool I like how you have held a summer job every year! Good luck! 
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Do you want a more business-y IT program, or a more purely technical one? Are you interested in cybersecurity in particular? (This is often bundled with IT.)
Students who like RIT, especially neurodiverse students, often apply to Drexel too; is there a reason it’s not on your list? Too close to home? (You have St. Joe’s, though, which seems like a terrific option w/ their ASPIRE program with its own residence hall.) West Chester has a good support program too.
Tampa seems like an outlier to me; any particular reason it interests you?
BYU is even more of an outlier; that seems like asking for a metric ton of culture shock, far from home. The good news is that they are probably pretty good at telling which applicants are ignoring fit for the sake of price tag, and not accepting them. I suspect those five essays would be a waste of time.
You can’t take any one person’s estimate of your odds too seriously. Nobody truly knows what will happen. My worry re: RIT is that it may not be affordable if you do get in.
SUNY schools would be in budget; I think these are worth a closer look. New Paltz is near Marist, and has an Autism support program. (Has a CS major and various business majors but not IT specifically.) Alfred State and SUNY Poly could be worth a look, and Albany if you’d like larger. SUNY Buffalo State has a “Continual Support Program” and a CIS major.
Marshall University in WV has a comprehensive autism support program, a CIT major, an affordable price tag, and passionate football fandom.
Farther from home, Marquette is another Catholic U with a robust support program (“On Your Marq”) and solid programs… no football tho.
You’ll have good options! You may not get into every school on your list (or be able to afford every acceptance), but that’s fine - a few rejections shows that your overall list was calibrated correctly, and in the end you can only go to one.
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PSU UP is only a no go if OP has not taken and is not taking Precalculus. Even in that case, if OP wanted PSU UP, they could take one semester of College Algebra in the Spring and report it on their STARS (SRAR).
If OP has taken or is taking Precalc (or equivalent), PSU UP would be a reach, reachable if they check “summer” on their application.
SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Buffalo State, and Alfred State are all fantastic ideas!
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OP wants D1 football. Many names mentioned above aren’t but I put a bunch of safe and affordable schools in an earlier post.
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D1 football “would be nice,” were the words used.
And OP expressed interest in a number of schools that don’t have that.
So I’m taking it that academic/social fit and scaffolding vis-a-vis ASD are the highest priorities, and if football can be in the mix too, all the better, but OP’s own list shows that we don’t need to filter aggressively for that.
Marshall would check all of the boxes, though (academic programs, ASD support, affordability, and tons of football spirit), and it’s a slam-dunk admissions-wise, so it might be a nice safety to add.
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I am taking precalculus this year.
FYI, I am high functioning. Supports would be a nice addition but not the main priority.
Then it’s a “regular” reach, not a no-go. 
If your parents are okay with it and can afford the Summer session, checking it (align with Fall, or just Summer if you’d rather just start in the Summer) will increase your odds.
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Didn’t mean to presume or offend. You kind of led with the autism disclosure so I took it that it was of some significance. I realize there are schools on your list without formal support programs (beyond normal ADA-required accommodations, assuming the ADA isn’t the next thing on this administration’s chopping block), including Purdue which appears to be your first choice. (And I think your chances there are decent; those saying otherwise may not be clear on the Polytech distinction.)
IMHO, the presence of such programs, even if you don’t fully utilize them, can have some benefits - not only the safety net of having additional supports available if you begin to feel that they’d be helpful, but also just the normalization of neurodiversity that such programs imply. At a school that has a formal support program, you know that a certain amount of neurodiversity awareness, acceptance, and cultural competency are baked in. Any accommodations you need will be a well-worn path for faculty, and the peer group, from a social standpoint, will have neurodiverse perspectives already well-represented. Of course, this doesn’t mean that you can’t do well at a school without a specific ASD support program; it’s just a possible point in favor of schools that offer one.
How important is the D1 football thing to you? Is a lot of spirit around a different sport (e.g. basketball at schools like Marquette and St. Joe’s) a reasonable substitute, or is it not the same if it isn’t football?
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You are fine, I just wanted to let you know. I am not offended
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I just got accepted to albany. I am considering it
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Congrats. I’m sure more will come too!!
Congratulations 
Make sure to apply to the Honors college (good perks if you’re lucky to get it - no harm no foul otherwise).
Rowan University is worth a look. Their Brown & Gold scholarship for oos students offers up to $8500 per year.
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Congrats! Hopefully it relieves some stress to know that you have an acceptance to a solid school that will be in budget. Which major did you apply to? Informatics, Cybersecurity, or Business Administration with an Info Systems concentration could all work, depending on what “flavor” of IT you’re interested in. Seconding the advice to apply to the Honors College!
Hopefully you’ll have more good news to share, but in the meantime, you know you’re going to college! 
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Another update:
I applied to fsu(I know I am not going to get in, but I have a fee wavier), USF,Florida Gulf Coast, and FIU.
Do you all think I would be able to get into USF, FGCU, or FIU?
FGCU yes. FIU, maybe leaning yes. UsF, maybe leaning no at main campus.
You should add FAU if possible - likely better for someone so far away than FGCU.
I don’t really know about the chancing (I expect you can get into at least some of those, but don’t know if they’d be affordable)… but if you really want to be in Florida, you could look at Miami-Dade as a safety. It was historically a two-year college and still has guaranteed transfer pathways, but it has 4-year programs now so it’s also possible to finish a degree there, and they even have accelerated masters pathways with FAU/FIU and Northeastern: Information Systems Technology Software Engineering Concentration Bachelor of Science | Miami Dade College … and the full-pay OOS COA is 31K. It’s open-access so no worries about admissions, but would require a fair amount of independence since there’s no on-campus housing, etc.
FGCU, as one example, is $37k for tuition, room and board - so not books, travel, Friday night out and nightly pizza.
Merit is as follows but I think OP would get $10k.
To OP, Florida weights by adding .5 for Honors and +1 for AP. And don’t forget, by state law, you need to earn 9 credits in summer school - many are thrown off by that. I put at the bottom for you. It applies to all the publics.
Blue & Green Scholars Award
$15,000/year up to 4 years
Non-Florida Resident; 3.9 weighted GPA and 1320 rSAT(Evidence Based Reading and Writing plus Math) or 28 ACT or 88 CLT; Higher test scores may be considered if submitted to UG Admission no later than March 31; subject to scholarship availability.
Blue & Green Director’s Award
$10,000/year up 4 years
Non-Florida Resident; 3.5 - 3.89 weighted GPA and 1220 rSAT (Evidence Based Reading and Writing plus Math) or 25 ACT or 80 CLT; Higher test scores may be considered if submitted to UG Admission no later than March 31; subject to scholarship availability.
Undergraduate students entering FGCU with fewer than 60 semester hours of credit must earn a minimum of 9 semester credit hours of coursework during one or more summer sessions prior to graduation.
Fgcu might also not be the best choice for someone interested in Purdue - it struck me how they had favored the football stadium to the library, which made sense for the students they wanted to attract but still isn’t quite the vibe what I associate with Purdue/Polytech, which is among OPs original choices. Someone from Florida may be able to explain if things have changed in the past few years.
All the PASSHE schools with Engineering would be better values than FGCU imho.
There’s Florida Tech too but may not make budget.