<p>Hi Ckohsa, Oh boy, I know how this feels, as the same thing happened to my son 4 years ago. He was deferred[ and that was a terrible shock] by the college his Dad attended, and where other, lower stat kids were admitted that Dec. But all was NOT lost. He got over his shock quickly with the help of supportive friends and family , knuckled down after finals were over, and did a great job tweaking and polishing his other essays over the Xmas break. Come April, he was accepted at every other college he applied to. Take all pressure off him for the next 3 weeks. He knows what he has to do.
If he has other applications to submit what you could do is offer to be his sect.- offering to be the one who will spend the time doing the mindless online data entry on his applications- filling in the name, address, SS#, grades, SAT scores, etc, etc etc online, so he can spend his time concentrating on his essays.</p>