<p>should i bring a car (sophomore - senior years)?</p>
<p>Ah, maybe I’m forgetting how much I paid for the U-lock (though I’m sure I’d remember if I paid the forty bucks advertised for my brand), but maybe it was because I got my bike from the shop that they gave me a discount.</p>
<p>gregh, sorry can’t really answer that question for you seeing as I’m a rising sophomore 
Though I will say that all my RA’s had a car.</p>
<p>How hard is it to maintain good grades? Like a 3.6-3.8 GPA?</p>
<p>It depends on many things, for some people it will be dreadfully difficult (perhaps effectively impossible in the beginning of frosh year) for others it may just require some refining of their study skills in high school to adjust Stanford level work. For the lucky ones like me, they may end up finding Stanford not as tough as high school and actually have a higher gpa at Stanford than in hs! It also depends on what you want to major in and how you pace yourself. Are you going to be a pre-med, engineer, econ major, IR junkie, English lit major, natural science major etc? Different fields are known to be more notorious for difficult work (and by extension lower grades). As you may expect, depending on how many courses you are taking in a quarter a class or the Professor teaching it could become exponentially tougher (or easier) than it needs to be. If you need some “hard data” though, most introductory classes have either a B, B+, or, if you’re lucky, A- median.</p>
<p>That being said, as an electrical engineer who would qualify as having “good grades” by your standards, I’d just say make sure that not only do you work hard, but you work smart. That means no procrastinating like in hs, not only doing but also understanding your homework (there’s a big difference), but also recognizing if you have a 9AM class that you learn nothing in, you might want to use some foresight and skip it if you have a midterm later in the day to keep your energy up. As you continue on your studies you’ll realize what works for you and what doesn’t but just remember that grades are only one part of your Stanford experience, and if you put in the effort into something you enjoy, you will reap the rewards.</p>
<p>Yeah I know that’s not a very substantive, objective answer, but I hope you’ll see what I mean when you start taking classes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information, it was really helpful! Did you go to an ultra-competitive high school? I was very surprised when I read that you found Stanford somewhat easier than high school! Or was it because your study methods changed? Either way, good for you! Also, what have you heard about the course load from pre-med students? (I want to major in Human Biology). </p>
<p>Thanks again!</p>
<p>Hey! I plan on working on campus freshman year. I’m just wondering if that will make my life harder studying wise and/or social life wise. My question is, is it doable?</p>
<p>bah, my post was deleted.</p>
<p>In short, optimisticgirl, premed classes aren’t as tough as people say they are because they tend to be populated with a lot of kids who don’t like math and science, seeing as almost half of the freshman class comes in wanting to be premed. I took math 51 in winter when there are a lot of premeds taking it and I found the curve to be extremely generous and the test averages to be surprisingly low. I did go to a really competitive high school, and also ended up studying more due to the more flexible and overall superior time schedule in college.</p>
<p>Baten, as long as you work 10-20 hours a week (that’s just 1-2 hours per weekday and 5-10 spread out over the weekend) you’ll be fine and feel almost no impact at all.</p>
<p>As a student in high school, what should I do to be accepted into Stanford?</p>
<p>woo10, you can start by asking that question on the appropriate section of the stanford forum and leaving us prefrosh at least one place to talk amongst ourselves.</p>
<p>How does one go about getting a campus job? I’m certified as a lifeguard, so guarding at one of the pools on campus would be good. Also working as a lab assistant in a research lab would be awesome. Do we get to choose, or do we just say “I need a job” and they just pick one for you?</p>
<p>[Police</a> Blotter](<a href=“http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=1032238]Police”>http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=1032238)</p>
<p>i found this mildly amusing. :P</p>
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<p>hahah 10char</p>
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<p><a href=“https://stanford-csm.symplicity.com/students/[/url]”>https://stanford-csm.symplicity.com/students/</a></p>
<p>i used that website to find a job, although i’m a freshman. you create an account and search for on campus jobs. they had quite a few listings for like fed work study positions in labs. hope that helps. so far i haven’t heard of anything occuring on campus after we arrive to help with that.</p>