I think there are poets who go to Bain at all the top schools–the difference is probably just a matter of degree at Harvard. The Bain people want them a little more, too.
Back on the question of preference, it occurred to me that for my kids there were many highly selective schools to which they did not apply that they would have preferred to any of their matches or safeties. This was simply because that even for a family that believed in applying to a lot of reaches, there is a limit to what is feasible, and you still need matches and safeties.