Happy Thanksgiving!  If you you are putting in the work to have a level of achievement or success be thankful for what you got.  Be thankful for doing your best and that is  all you can ask for.  In my experience working with families to achieve financial aid success, most want to take the short cut route to achieve maximum results.   It never happens.  To have maximum results you have to go all out.  That may require you to get the right information that fit your situation and get all the professional help and guidance as possible.  When you do that you results will be greater and be thankful for what you got.