"You're my number one!..."

I've seen a couple of conversations regarding programs sending similar love to applicants, but what about the other way around? My school seems to think it's benefitial to send emails to some of the top schools on your ROL, to the effect of "I love the program because ___, ___, and it will be at the top of my list.

What are your opinions on the subject?

Cheers to the end of the interview trail !!!!!!

What does at the top mean? Please explain ...

I told my top program that I am ranking them #1 for reasons 1, 2, 3, etc. The other programs in my top 5 got emails letting them know I planned on ranking them very very high on my rank list for reasons 1, 2, 3, etc.

Tibula -

That is what I have/will be doing.

My original question still stands - what does "at the top" mean? At the top sounds to me like #1 - and, we all know that there can only be one #1.

I told my top program that I am ranking them #1 for reasons 1, 2, 3, etc. The other programs in my top 5 got emails letting them know I planned on ranking them very very high on my rank list for reasons 1, 2, 3, etc.

Pardon my ignorance as I haven't looked into this yet, but multiple people have told me that you are not allowed to tell a program specifically where you placed them on your ROL (ie. #1, #2, etc.). However, you are allowed to use vague statements such as "very high", etc. Does that sound familiar to anyone else?

Neither you or the program are allowed to ask each other where you plan to rank each other. However, you can freely tell each other where you plan to rank them.