<p>That is how holistic admissions works. It’s also pretty bad manners to tell someone that other people deserved to get in more than someone else. Where is your common sense of courtesy? For better or for worse, SAT scores and GPA and even ECs are not the entire process.</p>
<p>To be fair that person’s list of ECs seems odd, so that person smells like a ■■■■■ to me. But if that person is for real, he probably isn’t still reading this website and is instead enjoying his time at Stanford.</p>