apply to Boise State. that's where I go. they have a reputation in idaho for being super easy to get into (:

Maybe what you think is "impressive" isn't objectively impressive

It's not to late to apply to a lot of colleges, find one with rolling admissions. Also, most colleges don't even give a response until mid-late spring so I am a little baffled you've been rejected from 15 schools already. This story is just a little hard for me to believe unless you applied solely to Ivy Leagues, in which case, you should always pick at least 1 safety school. Or maybe your recommendations weren't as good as you thought they were?

Most schools have regular admission deadlines until January or February. You could still apply to safety or go to community college. Colleges like extra curriculars instead of just having high grades nowadays. Also there's no way you could have seen what your recommendation letters said unless you didn't check the box on the Common App.

The university of Utah accepts anyone with a GPA greater than 3.0 and it doesn't matter what your resume or extra curricular activities were. Try a state school, plus they are way cheaper than the private schools. My state school civil engineering degree beat out a kid with a Stanford civil engineering degree because I interviewed better.

Read everything with a fine toothed comb and make sure you don't have any horrid friends that would put something vulgar in there!

If you don't mind the cold and/or snow, UAF (university of Alaska Fairbanks) accepts practically everyone, and they have some top of the line programs.

I didn't apply for college until May and I got accepted, theres always hope lol

You'll save money if you go to community college first to get your generals out of the way. Education is just as good as a university.

That definitely sucks, but I have to ask, did you have a good range of school, or any safety schools? Real ones? Or were most of your schools reach schools with a few "I'll probably get in here"s as your safeties? A friend of mine applied to 17 school and only got into 2, and one of them not even for her major. Why? She considered Oxford her reach school and only applied to a bunch of ivy leagues, high up specialty business schools, and a few might as well be ivy schools. She had a 4.0 and several out of school activities (though she had let most of them go by senior year) and a club or two, so she figured it was an easy in. Ivys are never an easy in. Plus, my school is high achieving, and she wasn't that special. The only school she really got into was an OK-ish state school that her parents forced her to apply to. Meanwhile I got into all but one of my 6 schools, and ended up going to a better college than she did despite only 3.4, and slightly more impressive extra curriculars. Another thing, if you didn't visit and interview at any colleges, do so next time. The only one I didn't get into is one of the only ones I didn't visit or interview at. It makes a really big difference. For your essays try to avoid writing about sports, mission trips/volunteer works, church, or grades. Also, for the love of all that is holy, don't just summarize the school's front page if they ask for an special essay (aforementioned friend also did this) on why you want to go. Unless you got a famous name with buttloads of cash behind you this will pretty much get your application thrown out. They know what you're doing, and it's insulting. If you got great grades by taking only the easiest level courses this will also count negatively. Try again next year, and enjoy a gap year to build up some cash and more resume fodder, don't get too cocky (impressive resumes aren't so impressive if even a fifth of your class is doing just as much or better). Apply to some "beneath you" schools, and if those are the only ones you get into they at the very least should give you a good aid package. A year won't really throw off the college experience.