Harvard Policy: No more than 3 apps over your life?!

[sanfonts]

I was taking a quick look at some postgraduate programs of Harvard University, when, to my dismay, I stumbled upon the next piece of text:

"Please note that it is the policy of the Graduate School that an individual may submit no more than three applications during the course of his or her academic career. This policy applies to multiple HILS applications"

While it sounds as an extremely harsh policy to me, I guess it's somewhat pointless to discuss it here. My question was more along the lines of: Do other top-tier universities (Stanford, MIT, Yale, UPenn) have a similar policy?

Thanks!