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<p>Are you referring to the “Why Stanford” essay? Yale has a “Why Yale” essay, too…</p>
<p>Also, Stanford is one of the largest competitors of HYPM in cross-admit battles, and at the same time, HYPM takes away a good portion (something around 2/3) of the kids that do not accept Stanford’s offer. I unfortunately do not have statistics to site for this at the moment, but there are numerous little sources on it from each of the colleges.</p>