<p>What does it take to get into Stanford if you're a white, suburban, non-athletic kid? Does it make any difference if you're applying for financial aid or not? Is early action the way to go?</p>
<p>You act like Stanford is chock full of URMs with harrowing life stories who have changed the world. On the contrary, most of the kids have probably lived pretty average lives, just sprinkled with some accomplishment. Yes, there is a Stanford “character,” but every school has its own aura about it. </p>
<p>Also, white does still hold the highest percentage of the student population (32%), but statistics hardly rule the world.</p>
<p>You have to sell your soul to the devil and sacrifice your first born male child. That’s how they all did it.</p>
<p>^I would have done that, but Zeus whose shield is thunder cursed me with daughters. I made a nice sum selling them as brides, but no Stanford admission :(</p>