@scribbler2022 Williams and Kenyon are the right kind of schools to have tried for. Schools that provide lots of financial aid unfortunately also tend to have very low acceptance rates. When you can’t afford the schools in the great middle of the college marketplace (the ones with higher acceptance rates but not enough aid to be affordable for low income families), that’s how you can end up at safety schools like yours.
It doesn’t mean you did anything wrong. Sometimes the stars just don’t line up for someone. But I can understand how when someone gets the fly-out program to Williams, other schools just aren’t going to seem as nice. Because they arent’ as nice. But, again, college is better than high school, and there are always opportunities for kids who are working to make the most of wherever they end up.