[Phyrxes]

I think the logic behind Juniors over Seniors is at least partially due to colleges wanting to attract students.

One of our students, currently a college freshman, won the Dean's List award as a Junior and was contact by a number of schools he would have likely never considered applying too. Those same schools referenced the Dean's List award in their correspondence with him.

At this point of the school year most seniors either know where they are going or are waiting until April to get notification, if they received a Dean's List award this year it would have much less of an impact on their immediate educational future.