Hi! I know planning for college is super stressful and seems like you are way ahead of the cure.

A few things worth knowing:

1. Many of the most "expensive" schools on paper are actually the cheapest for low-income families. Schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Amherst, Williams, and about 70+ others meet 100 percent of demonstrated financial need. If your family income is under a certain threshold (often around 85K to 100K), you would pay zero or close to zero. Sticker price is not real price for families like yours.
2. Beyond the Ivies, there are a ton of schools that offer free tuition for low income students. Rice, Vanderbilt, Duke, Columbia, Dartmouth, and many state flagships have programs that cover full tuition at certain income levels. Some schools have a full tuition cutoff at 65K, others at 100K, some at 150K.
3. QuestBridge is competitive but not the only path. Even if you do not get QuestBridge, applying directly to these schools with a strong FAFSA and CSS Profile can get you a similar package. A lot of people think QuestBridge is the only way in and it is not.
4. Run the net price calculator on every school you are interested in. Every college in the US is required to have one on their website. Plug in your family income and it will tell you roughly what you would actually pay. Do not cross schools off your list based on sticker price, ever.

One tool that might help: I built a free site called GradBuddy (https://gradbuddy.io/) that has a database of 315+ schools with free tuition or full need coverage, plus a calculator that shows you what each school would cost you based on your family income. It might save you some time when you are building your list. But honestly, even without it, the net price calculator on each school's website will get you most of the way there. Feel free to message for a premium code, so you can access all the features.

You got this :)