<p>What bluebubbles means is that some of the most competitive and fixed-on-Stanford people apply SCEA, so it’s a tougher pool to get in from.</p>
<p>With regard to your last question, themerlion, you’re right that there should be no difference in judgment between RD and SCEA rounds. But it’s simple human psychology to compare you with the rest of the applications the adcom reads during the SCEA rounds, and you may not create the impact you desired if this is the case.</p>