Stanford, Harvard business schools admit students not based on merit but on pedigree. Just by looking at some one's resume, we can say whether he/she gets admitted to HBS, Stanford GBS. These top b-schools want kids of multi billionaires, kids of famous politicians (both US and abroad), kids who are working at McKinsey, Bain, BCG, etc. Usually, plebes are told to apply to these business schools, who just want more applicants, so that the admit rate can be 2%.