I mean for reference, I was a 35 ACT top 10% unhooked, full pay female who applied RD. I got WL from Vassar, Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Haverford. Rejected from Williams (ED) Amherst, Midd, Wesleyan, Swat. Admitted to Colgate and Hamilton (enrolling).
I agree some of these schools for a male could be a target in the ED round, but you can only apply to 2 schools maximum ED. And the ED round is full of hooked kids who already got the “yes.” I’m sorry, but I don’t see a way in which a sub 20% acceptance rate school is a target. That’s simply not how it works.