@BigflowerSusie wow, thank you so much for the advice… will definetely keep that in mind when writing essays (common app went down today so I have time to brainstorm at least)
@twogirls if GW figures out im “using” them as a safety, will they reject? never knew that was a part of applications
@CU123 i will take a look at the UCB thread, and yeah, i figured some people have a sort of survivorship bias towards some schools