Undergraduate / Common App Activity and Essay Prompt: Key Club/ Autobiography of Jun/Sr yr of HS [6]

I'm definitely not an expert, but I don't think it's a good idea to state in your common app essay that Rennsselaer is your favorite school. If I was on an admissions committee, I would be kind of put off by someone saying that another university is their top choice. Obviously colleges know that they aren't always the first choice, but you probably shouldn't rub it in. Like I said, I'm not an expert, but I have known a few people who used this approach and got burned.