<p>regarding applying to many or few schools: No matter which one you do, irrespective of EA or SCEA results (with ED this doesn't apply), apply to ALL THE SCHOOLS IN YOUR ORIGINAL LIST. I had a total of 10 schools ony list, and after getting into my top 2 EA, I decided not to apply to more schools. Big mistake. I essentially made a decision in one month that I could've done in 4... many times during the spring I visited websites of the schools I didn't apply to and felt that I might have cheated myself in this process. Luckily, once I did a regular overnight visit to the school I am going to attend, I completely fell in love with... it just felt right. Had it not, I would've really been upset... so, my advice to all of you out there is to just take the toll of the several apps and suck it in... 'cause it may really pay off well in the future.</p>