<p>He sounds like a fantastic candidate. Unfortunately there are just too many fantastic candidates at Stanford. My personal belief is that they go for people who are not well-rounded like the guy you mentioned but very good in some particular aspect. Also they emphasize diversity a lot as do most top tier schools. Don’t know what race he is but sounds like that wasn’t in his favor. In any case I’m sure he’ll be happy at Dartmouth. They have their own ski resort!!</p>