<p>There is a significant level of randomness associated with getting into Stanford or MIT. They both have more qualified applicants than they have space for, by a long shot. A student at my son’s school was accepted at both Yale and Harvard and rejected by Stanford. It is not objective by any measure. With great grades, SATs and ECs, it’s still more likely that an individual will be rejected than accepted at both of those. </p>
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