No. Spring 2017 happened to be sort of an anomaly. There were so many people who got accepted that did not participate, for one reason or another, SPC not only invited all alternates they even...
You actually still have a pretty good chance of getting in. Some people decide to go to different schools, or they drop out for personal reasons, could be anything (family, health,
If anyone gets a notice let us know. I know I'll be checking my SPC email every millisecond tomorrow. My wife thinks they are going to make us wait until 5:00 before sending out emails, she is waiting...