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<p>Because Stanford is Stanford, and kids who are serious candidates there are rarely interested in the Georgia Techs or Purdues of the world except as safeties. I don’t agree with them, but a Stanford reject that I know (ACT 36) thought CMU was slumming, is sniffing at his Illinois and Michigan acceptances, and refused to apply to Case Western even though it merely required him to press the Submit button. Anything lower is going to be really unattractive, though it shouldn’t be.</p>