If a majority of these applications were from people in US these applications would not show up next year as well,,because their OPT would be over or they wud be up for some higher degree by next year,,and in case they cannot apply for H!B next year..So the only possibility is that most of these applications are from people who are still in india and represented by some sh*t IT consultants here..and if they dont make it this year they will show up next year as well. and same situation for rest of us here,,so I guess it's high time that we do sth to avoid this unfair situation atleast for those who will be filing next year