My friend from Stanford came home this week and he requested his files and told me all about it (he was allowed to take notes when looked and later compared to what his buddies thinks).
They do a ranking system of five categories with low scores being better. They also have a whole list of checkboxes if you are a “special” applicant in anyway. Apparently IMO is important to Stanford. And contrary to what most people think, the admissions officers do not write down “sat scores are good but grades are low-- is he not trying or not challenged” or “really enjoyed this essay” it’s actually a whole list of abbreviations that the students are still figuring out. There is more stuff but I thought it was really cool.