<p>try upwards of 27000 apps…</p>
<p>“Ultimately, we will offer admission to fewer than 9% of the approximately 27,000 students expected to apply.”</p>
<p>[Restrictive</a> Early Action FAQs : Stanford University](<a href=“Page Not Found : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Stanford University)</p>
<p>That’s more selective than Harvard, Princeton, Yale, any other big school. But they do read your application, every bit of it. They want to make the best class possible, and they can’t do that without close attention to each individual.</p>