<p>perazziman, fewer people definitely apply, but as I’ve said elsewhere, the only people who have been accepted have been athletic recruits, URMs or legacies (usually 2 out of 3) with lower than average stats. The valedictorian, Davidson Scholar, Intel finalist, got in at every college he applied to, except Stanford. Over and over we see results like this. The east coast schools have regional reps who seem to have gotten to know our school, not so Stanford. My cynical view is that they think they get enough East Coasters from Scarsdale and the prep schools.</p>