@Aeli23 congrats on getting in too!
Yeah, the whole thing is stressful. I'd be an international student as well, so even loans are extremely limited but there's time to figure something out. I feel a little kinship with your parents in my attitude to all of it. I'm just wondering if it's worth it to ask for more from the uni, seeing as I'm a working artist in Sri Lanka, so the rates are even more astronomical when converted into the Rupee.
As for living, I'm just starting to consider. Ideally, I'd wanna be off-campus, I have a few mates in New York so I've asked them to keep an eye out, but I'm thinking I need to have all avenues open. The cost of living thing is also looming its great big ugly head.