one thing that always puzzles me about this topic is that even though everyone knows Harvard's admissions process is unfair/phony/rigged many people still want

one thing that always puzzles me about this topic is that even though everyone knows Harvard's admissions process is unfair/phony/rigged many people still want desperately to be accepted there in order to send the right signal so what signal could possibly be getting sent if we already know the game is unfair/phony/rigged?