Grow some balls and play the cards life has dealt you.
Unlike many of us, you did not even incur the 10-year band for being in the country illegally after 18 years old. Count your blessings, son!
Yes, but when I renewed for the first time in 2014, my DACA expired and I was approved 2 weeks later. That means I spent 2 weeks without status, and I was already 19 at that point. I may be mistaken, but isn't that enough to trigger a shorter ban?