First of all, it isn’t “Us who applied” it is the kid that applied. If you are using the “we applied to…” language you really need to disengage.
For my D it was clear to her from her 1st visit to the school. For her, we went on a visit to another school on Columbus Day, after that visit it was even more clear that her favorite after the visits was the only school she was really interested in attending. She applied EA but treated it as ED.