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The registration center seems like a good idea to me, and Im not sure why it doesn't catch on. Am I missing some big downside?
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<p>Yeah. If you don't get accepted to your first-choice school, then you're absolutely screwed over. Schools don't like being the second choice, and thus your options for college will be substantially limited. Your system works to the detriment of the students, as students won't "risk it" by applying to reaches anymore, because reaches would take up spots on your "registration center list". By taking up space on your "registration center list", you won't be able to get into schools that are qualified as "matches" for you.</p>