@abhishek: hey thats great news.. i'm deviating from the topic a little bit but can you please share your profile with me so that I can see if I will have any luck with my application since I have applied to both so far and have a reject from UIUC already and there has been no news so far from stanford. It would be of immense help. Thank you
on a personal note i think you should join Stanford since it is better ranked..