<p>How do I get BC to know that his is seriously my number one choice if they don’t have ED, any suggestions?</p>
<p>You could contact people there, ask specific questions and make yourself known (professors have emails, talk to admissions people). You could also emphasize in the essay how much you wish to attend BC above other places, but in such a way that it’s obviously not a cut and paste “I’ve always wanted to go to [blank]”</p>