Thank you all for your guidance. We are not sure if she’ll be good by Fall 26 or will have to wait until Fall 27 and just kinda exploring options at this time. Will work with each college whether a deferral makes sense when we get there as it’s likely she’d get a medical deferral..
Fortunately her school is pretty small (~260 kids in the 26 graduating class) with 5 or 6 college counselors so that support if trying again for Fall 27 may make sense if Fall 26 doesn’t pan out.
D26 is unfortunately in kinda a DGAF stage re: colleges at this point (she will be a young 17 when she graduates) so maybe a gap year will encourage her to hone in on what she wants.