<p>Why would Stanford beat out Harvard? Harvard has more than twice the people yet Stanford is unable to beat it even though having higher quality peers and better per-capita resources is easier for a smaller institution than a large one. Harvard also, in general, has better national placement than Stanford does.</p>
<p>The dean at Stanford also stated that SLS often losses in the cross-admit battles with Yale and Harvard.</p>
<p>There’s also the additional benefit that having your children be Harvard legacies instead of Stanford legacies is superior too.</p>