<p>Agree with Consolation–get working on other apps ASAP. Also get with GC and teachers who wrote recommendations first thing after the break and have the paperwork they need to fill out ready to go. Colleges are more lenient with deadlines when it comes to paperwork that comes from a party other than the student.</p>
<p>Also agree with NSM–get off the ED train. RD all the way.</p>
<p>If you can’t afford it now, barring future scholarships that may or may not bear fruit, cut your losses now and find a college that you can afford. I build in a 5% raise in COA per year for college costs. You don’t want to be in a situation where your kid gets 2 or 3 years into a college and then you run out of money.</p>