<p>I think that all of the evidence being put forth here that Stanford admits a lot of “average joes” is rather circumstantial. If you look at Stanfords SAT averages, they are comparable to all of the Ivies. If a school has around 30,000 applicants each year and aadmits less than 2,000 of them, I’m sure they wouldn’t fill their class with “average joes.” The school has a reputation to maintain.</p>