@sansculottes I’m not quite sure what you mean about the Wilbur dorms. You can find floor plans, general descriptions, and pictures/videos of the dorms and rooms online. In general, most frosh get placed in an all-frosh Wilbur or Stern complex dorm, which general have ~70 frosh and 6 upperclassmen staff members (4 RAs, 1 PHE, 1 RCC), with a few exceptions. Wilbur dining has Asian influences and is also known for weekend brunches, while Stern has hispanic influences and is known for burrito bowls. As a general rule, most frosh spend the majority of their meals in their home dining hall, with some intermingling between Stern and Wilbur. I would strongly recommend you eventually explore other dining halls–this may even determine how you rank your housing choices for sophomore year–especially if your staff offer dining hall tours as programming. (DHall themes: Manz Mediterranean, Branner same as Manz but fewer choices but also shorter lines, Arrillaga meh but also veggie/vegan friend and more choices, Flomo Indian, Ricker allergy-friendly and chocolate, Lag southern although it seems to change a bit from year to year.) Row house food is also generally highly regarded, especially at BOB, Casa Italiana, and French House, but you’ll need to get invited by upperclassmen residents if you want to sample these.
@pittsburghscribe No I wasn’t, for a few reasons:
-I don’t like comparing myself to others as a general rule. As far as classes go, I never bothered worrying about any curves, and trusted that the grades would work themselves out in the end.
-Most people don’t brag about their previous accomplishments, especially after they learn during the first few weeks that that’s quite looked down upon. Maybe there are a few who never learn, but I wasn’t friends with any of them if there were–probably not a coincidence. You will hear your staff and upperclassmen tell you that it’s the norm to become friends with someone during frosh year and only learn much later during junior year that they did something amazing before college. The majority of my classmates were not just humble, but very down-to-earth. I wouldn’t be surprised if Montag Hall looked for that in applicants’ LORs and essays (but again, I couldn’t say for sure if they do).
-Stanford is not a school that admits applicants based solely on numerical measures and academic achievements. You certainly will have classmates with such achievements, but you’ll find that most people bring to the table the “unmeasurables.” If anyone doesn’t know what I mean by that, they’ll find out if they are admitted to and matriculate at Stanford. Living with these people for four years does nothing but enrich your life, and you should not be intimidated by them.
-It’s all about outlook and psychological framing. If you got the chance to attend the Society for Neuroscience conference in November, how would you feel about that? Are you excited to hear from the world’s experts in brain and nervous system research who are driving the leading edge of the field forward, and see the debut of some of the drugs and technologies that might eventually mature into the cures devastating neurological disorders within your lifetime? Or are you intimidated by all of the big names and smart people walking around you? Or, perhaps a more familiar example: When you’re looking at colleges to apply to, do you look at the number of Nobel laureates in Stanford’s faculty and feel intimidated, perhaps preferring to apply somewhere with fewer laureates? Or are you excited at the possibility to hear from them in lecture, work with them in lab, and get to know them on a personal level as their advisee?
So, having said that, I ask you: Would you be intimidated to be on the same campus as all of these awesome people with awesome life stories and awesome accomplishments, all of whom you will count as your peers? Or would you be unbelievably excited to have the chance to find among them your roommates, your best friends, and–for 20% of Stanford students, according to the Stanford Alumni Association–your eventual soulmate?
Some of the other Stanford students and alums should weigh in on this one. I suspect many will feel similarly. I know @kath00 was one of those 20% 
Maybe a current student should weigh in here if that’s changed.