How should I approach affording college with significantly reduced expected aid I can't pay

[Mwfan1921]

OP’s chance me thread is here:

Brutally honest chance me for Northwestern and WashU ED + other RD [3.9, 34 ACT, bus/econ]

Demographics US citizen Small uncompetitive state Type of high school: Large Public (sends 20~/600 to t20 each year) Income: Mid class seeking aid Intended Major(s) Business/Econ + Sociology GPA, Rank, and Test Scores Unweighted HS GPA: 3.98 ACT/SAT Scores: 34 Can’t take APs in 9th 10th: APUSH (5) APCSP (4) 11th: AP Calc AB (didn’t take) AP Gov (didn’t take) AP Lang (4) AP Bio (5) 12th: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Econ, AP World Awards (all earned junior year) DECA ICDC 4th place prelim roleplay score (technically figured out by calculating based on my score percentile and number of ppl in my event from the ICDC competition report, not an official award title so not sure if I’m allowed to put this down) DECA ICDC Finalist DECA SCDC 2nd place exam score DECA SCDC 5th place overall 2nd place regional science fair Extracurriculars 1. NPO co-founder - focused on giving back to Viet community in US and VN (9-12) Raised $5000+ providing food and school supplies for Viet communitie…