<p>This was per our HS counselor. Logic being that U.S universities have only a limited quota for international schools/locations to begin with and so if they have to pick let’s say a certain number of qualified students the cut offs imposed are rather high.</p>
<p>Stanford usually takes only 1 or 2 from our school, but this year they took 3 and I believe that it was indeed an exception. I think Princeton took none.</p>