My thinking was “you do your best then let the result takes care of itself, without any regret because you’ve done all you can”. My DD and I put a lot of effort before and in the two week break into applications, essays, , tests, etc… We applied to 12 schools: 3 LDS and 9 boarding schools. So far we had one early acceptance from a LDS with extremely generous FA package. We had 2 LDS rivalry here so we have that to our advantage.