I don't doubt that the effort required is immense. But, you're talking about a collection of institutions that receive tens of thousands of applications every

I don't doubt that the effort required is immense. But, you're talking about a collection of institutions that receive tens of thousands of applications every year. Just by pure numbers, it's clear that only a small percentage can attend. And the fact that only a few can attend feeds their air of exclusivity, which makes their attendees stand out in the job market, which then causes more people to want to attend those schools. I don't know if there's a way to solve this except by forcing people to stop caring about what school a job applicant went to. Which is kind of starting to happen but, in many industries like law and business it's still the norm. Societal problem, really.