<p>Okay, I am trying to against all the statements above. I think that Stanford is not much different from other top schools, especially the other HYPSM, because roughly one third of Stanford students were cross-admitted with HYPM. i.e., they could have gone to HYPM. </p>
<p>Stanford rejected some of the exceptional students, like HYPM, for its own purposes. There isn’t any unique personality but people Stanford is looking for. </p>
<p>So, just be yourself. You never know.</p>