<p>All it takes to get into Stanford is to have halfway decent numbers, be an “interesting” person, and make sure your writing catches the eye of the readers and gives them a decent picture of you. Their admiss dog-and-pony-show people are really pleased to tell everyone how many perfect GPA, perfect SAT people they deny each year in their search for more interesting candidates. So don’t despair based on your numbers, especially if you had something to say and said it.</p>