@“aunt bea” Thank you for the comment!
I made sure to apply to a lot of state schools (7) about a month ago, so I would have somewhere affordable to go. At this point, I will hope that Vanderbilt accepts me because I would be able to afford it there!
Worst case scenario, I attend a cheaper school for undergraduate and apply somewhere else for graduate school. For a worst case scenario, that isn’t too bad at all!