<p>If the only people who accepted the travel grant were people that knew they were going to the college anyway, the travel grants wouldn’t be very effective at recruiting students that they would not otherwise entice, right?</p>
<p>The whole point is they know the student isn’t sure (or maybe unlikely to) about attending the college. They figure if they can get them on campus, the student might decide to go to school there. They know if they don’t provide the grant, the student won’t go there at all.</p>