Has anyone applied to the Liberal Studies program directly?

I feel like the title explains itself, but from what I’ve seen, it seems to me that almost everyone that is accepted to the Liberal Studies program is there because they originally applied to CAS. But, has anyone just applied to the program directly? I’m considering applying to the program directly instead of CAS but it seems like more of a “second option” program for kids that didn’t quite make it to CAS. So, has anyone just applied there instead of just being sent there after being denied from CAS?