Does anyone else find it overwhelming to think of child competing in a crowded field?

The college application process is filled with opportunities to second-guess the decisions you’ve made for the last 15 years whether it’s saving, encouraging one EC over another, letting your kid make course decisions that in retrospect were risky, etc.

All you can do at this point is make the best of the situation you have. There are no assurances that had you done things differently, you wouldn’t have different regrets. Every school has pros and cons. And a decent student can get a lot out of any of them.