@ksmom48 as far as interviews go, he may surprise you and it may depend on format.
DS went into Brown Fellows interview weekend at Louisville leaning toward UK, having good automatic merit at both schools due to NMF status. I was wondering if he would even put any effort into the interview. He isn’t a wallflower but isn’t extroverted either. It turned out to be a life changing experience. It was a series of eight one hour sessions over two day period. They were in groups of four to six kids and it was a group discussion on different topics. It seemed they wanted to see who was articulate and could add something to an intellectual discussion with peers and a faculty member. He ended up really enjoying the experience. He loved the kids he met and left there really wanting to be a part of the program. A week later and after the good news he was accepted, he is now on a whole different path.
Advice on strategy above from mom2aphysicsgeek, on how to prioritize schools and opportunities, was very good I think. DS decided he wanted to stay close to home and therefore only applied to 4 schools (U of L, U of K, Bama and Centre), and really only finished and focused on two (U of L and U of K), which made things easier. It was still a fair amount of work on applications between the honors colleges and scholarship applications. Having a strategy like she suggests is a good idea.