<p>I don’t think they intentionally have students apply so they can reject them later. A school with Andover’s caliber does not needs to take that avenue. As for the thread, that was just from a kid with a lot of school spirit. The ssat score does play a roles but as we have all discussed it is just a slice of the pie. There are just a lot of smart kids out there applying to such schools as Andover and they don’t all get in and there are just as many who have no business in applying, IMHO. My nephew applied to Andover which was totally out of his league but forged ahead anyway. I would say he didn’t have a prayer as you never know. The real culprit in that exercise were his parents who thought their son could do anything. I didn’t hear of it until after the application deadline. I also wonder if his parents really wanted him to go away anyway as the whole process was done so poorly. It was the only school to which he applied. Yeah, I’m guilty of ragging on my sister.</p>