<p>texaspg, rest assured that there are plenty of Intel/Siemens prize winners, perfect SAT scorers, and international academic Olympiad winners at Stanford, along with the world champion dancers, etc. Students who rise to the top of any of these endeavors must have extraordinary focus, talent, passion, perseverance, energy and time management skills. Those attributes, along with the requisite academic ability, are what it takes to thrive here, especially the time management skills!</p>