[doall]

Do you spend like six hours studying after school and eleven hours in weekends for several years? Then it is comparable :)

[akhilcacharya]

I'm sure it's a similar regimen to get into Stanford, except that time is spent towards research and other extracurriculars in addition to SAT prep.

[M_Grey]

It's not even close... it's... soooooo much more intense, and social/professional consequences are quite a bit more impactful.