<p>Eh, in an attempt to empathize where your teacher was coming from, and that’s not the first time I heard someone say something along those lines…</p>
<p>On my visits to Stanford and Yale, the average Yale student seemed much more intellectually oriented and academically apt than the average Stanford student. Both were ridiculously smart. But Stanford seems more bent on selecting students who have a cool or interesting passion about them then those who are OMGEXCEPTIONALLY bright. </p>
<p>Not passing judgement on one over the other. But I don’t think you could distinguish between the average Stanford student and the top 50% Cal or UCLA student in the classroom. </p>
<p>Stanford is still more awesome though, just for other reasons.</p>