It's the same as selective universities telling every student that they should apply regardless of their chance. It makes sense they would do this since it's co

It's the same as selective universities telling every student that they should apply regardless of their chance. It makes sense they would do this since it's completely open. It's not really a lottery, more like a messy matching algorithm for supply and demand. They give everyone a shot since they look at everything, but getting in is not evenly distributed :)