Not sure if you were agreeing or disagreeing, but yes that's my point. The only way for it become twice as hard to get in is, if there were another set of equa

Not sure if you were agreeing or disagreeing, but yes that's my point. The only way for it become twice as hard to get in is, if there were another set of equally brilliant 18,000 applicants who would've never considered applying, apply. At least based on my experience, when I applied almost 20 years ago, anyone who had shot at being accepted applied, including all the geniuses.