what are my chances in college acceptance? Options

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I'm a Junior at a public highschool. My gpa on a 4.0 scale is 3.0 and on a 14.0 scale it's 9.8(or close to there); rank 140 out of 500. I'm currently enrolled in 4 pre-ap classes: Pre-AP Algebra2, Pre-AP English 3, Pre-AP Chemistry, and Pre-AP Spanish 3(for distinguished graduation plan); played JV football, JV soccer, Varsity powerlifting, and Varsity wrestling. I have about 10 hours of volunteer at the library and 20hrs for community, so around 30 hours total. I haven't took my SATs yet but plan to register soon for the March date.

My only concern is that I failed my Pre-AP Eng3 class this first grading quarter on report card with a 63. It's the first class I've ever failed, so I was pretty much in shock. I think it will bring my GPA and rank down alot.. but IDK.

But the only college i can think of applying to right now is UT Arlington.
I plan to do a 2+2 program and transfer to a bigger and more prestige university.

Could you suggest any other colleges and tell me my chances of acceptance?

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LOL UT ARLINGTON IS A PIECE OF SHIT GO THERE IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WITH MEXICANS AND EAT TAMALES FOR LUNCH EVERY DAY, OH YEAH BREAKFAST TOO!

But seriously, lol @ UT Arlington. No joke, that place is a shithole. Did you know the government is trying to cede half of the campus over to Mexico? Stupid ass government putting up a fence and saying everything on the other side becomes mexico's property.

UTSA = 99% acceptance rate~ go there. CAP program, 4.0 gpa there for 1 yaer, instantly get into UT Austin.

i hope you're joking, because there are more hispanics attending UTSA than UTA. UTSA acceptance rate is 93% to be correct.

What are pre-APs? I've never heard of it. However if you do take the ame classes in regular AP course and get decent grades on it, preferably an A or B, nothing lower than a C, can boost up your grade point average.

2+2 is ok if you go to state schools from cc's. Don't expect to get into any ivies or schools such as standford. There is slim to none chance that a person from a CC's transfer as a junior.

Pre-AP is a level below AP. So it's like in between regular and AP. In Pre-AP you would get more points for your gpa than a regular class but less than an AP, and you do not have to take the AP exam. On the contrary, the state of Texas got rid of the "extra points" that would go to your GPA from AP, Pre-AP, Dual Credit, or College level classes. So the only reason to take them is "literaly" for the challenge or to make your transcript look good.