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		da02 on April 4, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Student Debt Giant Navient to Borrowers: You’re on... How did he get accepted into Stanford? Academic qualifications plus leadership/extra-circular activities? Or solely on grades?

rhino369 on April 4, 2017 [–]

Stellar academics and test scores. He did a stint in the army so that might have helped, but didn't seem very involved in extra-circulars.

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