<p>Dear Awesome:</p>
<p>Consider endowment considerations regarding ED applications and your position.</p>
<p>How do you decide?</p>
<p>First, I never applied to Amherst, Swarthmore, or other LAC’s that did not FIT.</p>
<p>Second, I never applied to Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UP, etc., other than Dartmouth & Princeton.</p>
<p>Third, never apply to schools because of IVY.</p>
<p>Fourth, to the schools I did apply, I did so out of disinterest, and thus did not care as to the outcome.</p>
<p>Fifth, apply faithfully to only those institutions you want because they represent you.</p>
<p>Amherst and Williiams are not the same. Though they are appreciated equally, for me, they were as distinct and definable as parties counter to one another. I chose one over the other, rather than both, like most, hoping to find whatever worked.</p>
<p>Look, if you merely throw darts, then you are not party to your person. Aim High and you will Reach the Sky.</p>
<p>Intention and attitude over gaming and playing the field.</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>