<p>I bet there’s this, too:</p>
<p>They want to get as many applicants with some sort of qual (eg: PSATs) as possible, that way they have more top students to choose from. Doesn’t mean they’ll actually pick a lot of them, they just want options I guess. But yeah, it’s cruel, but not if one is realistic about their apps, and like a wise poster said here (can’t remember the name at the moment) the lists should be built from the bottom up. And I think doing that I can get into at least some of my aims</p>