<p>Reason it’s ridiculous, imo, is the responses generally come from other hs kids- who’ve never even submitted an app, much less reviewed them or gotten past superficial myths. Sometimes, same kids who can’t look up a due date on their own or figure how many recs they need, etc. </p>
<p>Stanford, as is true of most elites, has things it likes to see come through in app packages. The challenge is figuring that out. It is not all stats, hs titles or updating a blog, once in a while. It’s not “passion” or being some outlier or even claiming to have cured cancer.</p>
<p>Kids apply because they can.</p>