'So as to' isn't often the correct answer in GMAT-ville. It's somewhat wordy and awkward, although it isn't always wrong (I can't refer you to an OG problem off the top of my head where it's right, though).
Ron的原话,大神都这么说啦!!!很多时候what we can do is only to memorize some idioms and rules. Clearly, GMAT doesn't like "so as to". That's why it has never appeared in the correct answer!
Or you can give us a better explaination.