<p>They don’t do that because they don’t <em>want</em> to confer an admissions advantage on kids who can afford to spend $8000; that’s the opposite of what they’re trying to achieve at the moment. Also, they don’t have any shortage of kids with verified academic skills and very strong interest in Harvard, and they have to distinguish them in other ways, which SSP would not help to do. So even if they didn’t have policy goals preventing the changes to the SSP program that you suggest, I don’t think it would make their lives any easier.</p>