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<p>But the point of restricted early admissions is that you apply because it is your first choice, and will likely commit unless there is financial hardship. The point of SCEA is so that you have to choose between a particular school and its competitors, including some desirable scholarships from peer schools. It keeps the applicant numbers down so that not any single person is going to apply to every single school and scholarship all at the same time. </p>
<p>What would you rather prefer, every single applicant applying to PSHY also dropping an app for the BC scholarship just for the sake of it, or people actually having to choose between their options?</p>