<p>For students expectionally smart enough to be accepted into Stanford law (means you probably had 3.5+ GPA, yes?), they likely would not have felt competition as an undergraduate. This is true of most schools I feel. The smartest students may describe a school as completely non-competitive, while the weaker students may feel it is somewhat competitive. Even in collaborative-learning environments, the best students tend to want to work with each other on group projects, etc. I just propose this possibility based on my personal experience. Also, for students from elite private high schools, one college may feel less competitive than high school, whereas for students from public schools, that college may feel more competitive. Everything is relative.</p>