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<p>Yes, while this is true, the issue here is that being fair, from an individual’s perspective, is determined on the personal level, comparing against a few other candidates, rather than the pool as a whole.</p>
<p>For one to consider Stanford as a completely disjoint entity from his life, yes, Stanford appears fair as he are not applying for admission. On the other hand, if one tries to do everything in his power to attain admission, it appears unfair when he is rejected but someone who doesn’t put in as much effort is admitted.</p>
<p>To the person who puts in enormous amounts of effort, rejection is essentially telling that person that they were never capable of admission in the first place, and that that effort was a waste, whereas others are able to somewhat naturally, per se, get admitted without as much effort.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the admissions process isn’t unfair, but in the same respect, it’s not that fair either.</p>