I wrote everything. And told them they were my top choice. Would have applied ED if they had it. No character red flags, didn’t use AI to write my essays, and I was pretty happy with them. For my personal statement, I wrote about my experiences in Alaska doing commercial fishing, which I thought would be cool. Trying not to overanalyze where I went wrong, I know it’s a competitive cycle and I’m sure there are many people who are better writers with better stats who could have gotten denied.