<p>1.) Most of the kids who get into Stanford are relatively “normal” and have activities, grades, test scores, etc. similar to yours.</p>
<p>2.) You are an excellent candidate.</p>
<p>3.) Just suck it up and apply. Yea, rejection sucks but regret sucks even more.</p>
<p>EDIT:
They are just wrong. If you are rejected in the EA round that’s like an emphatic “no we don’t want you” because the admissions officers wouldn’t have even received all of the applications yet. If they are thinking the RD round is easier they are mistaken; if they feel they could have put together a better application then that’s more reasonable.</p>
<p>Personally, I would apply RD just so you have that extra time to work on your application. You also give you teachers Thanksgiving and other breaks to write you a good recommendation.</p>