<p>unfortunately, my school was pretty new too. even though it was the most academic high school in our area, it hadn’t established feeder school status, which is really unfair, imo. i have moved around the country so i know a little bit about competition elsewhere, and it wasn’t as intense as at my school in my graduating year ('08). however, i was reading some other college-choice lists from other schools in the area (Palo Alto High School which is like a billion years old and well-established) and they sent like 11 people to stanford. coincidence, i think not</p>