<p>I’m no expert, but those 36% mean that the applicants were stronger on average, hence the acceptance rate.</p>
<p>As for Stanford vs Caltech…I had the same dilemma, but I’ve decided to do Caltech EA, mainly b/c I don’t really want to go to any other colege, and also because it lets me apply EA to 2-3 other schools</p>
<p>But yeah, you should wait for Ben’s advice :)</p>
<p>EDIT: ah well, you can ignore ^this^ :)</p>