I don’t know, but seems to me people do this for the same reason we see kids year after year apply to safeties they hate and have no intention of attending. It seems to occur on both ends - apply to reaches you can’t/won’t attend; apply to safeties you hate. I think the bigger world outside of CC is much less knowledgeable on the process, so look at it in a completely different light. I know several people who just think “it will work out” when Johnny gets into an $80k reach.