<p>No one HAS to read chance threads. Personally I don’t open those that say “Chance Me for Top Schools!” and “Chance Me for HYPS and MIT”. If I open a thread where a clearly highly qualified student is trying to figure out chances for a very top school, I usually don’t post and don’t read again. We all can just choose not to participate. I will sometimes post if I think the student is overreaching completely or has no safeties. But we can just leave those people to “bump” as well.</p>