<p>I’m not quite sure where people go fishing and windsurfing on campus… Lake Lagunita is the only big “lake” on campus and it’s been drained for years. </p>
<p>There are a few honors classes at Stanford but they’re pretty unnecessary. You have to remember that Stanford classes are already really difficult so theres not really a need for honors classes. The most popular honors class for frosh is MATH51H and a lot of students make the mistake of taking it because theyre so used to signing up for high school honors classes. MATH51H (which is advanced linear algebra and multivariable calc) is only for people who LOVE math. It’s incredibly hard and there really aren’t any benefits for taking it over regular MATH 51. As far as I know you don’t get any GPA boost and you don’t get special honors on your degree</p>
<p>So I got into the Rabi Scholars research program at columbia where I can start research as a freshman. Does stanford have anything similar to this that I could do?</p>
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<p>Weekends on campus for most students include:
-all campus frat parties (popular among freshman)
-house parties (progressives, “special dinners”, etc.)
-a few cultural events (moderately attended, generally)
-chilling with friends (watching a movie, going to in’n’out, playing beer pong, smoking weed, whatever)
-dorm/house trips (ski trip, beach trip, SanFran scav hunt, and more)
-religious gatherings (fairly well attended)
-trips to surrounding wilderness to backpack, surf, ski…
-HOMEWORK/EXTRACURRICULARS</p>
<p>There’s definitely enough to keep you busy. I haven’t had an uneventful weekend in a while. I do wish I would go to San Francisco or Berkeley more, but there’s so many other things competing for my time. </p>
<p>Palo Alto is a poor college town in my opinion. Expensive restaurants, expensive retail shopping, limited cultural offerings, drab architecture, and so forth. Berkeley is much better.</p>
<p>There are thrift stores and cheap restaurants in the area, they’re just a long bike ride away if you don’t have a car. Meal plan dollars allows you to get some variety in your food choices, and there is now a free store on campus!</p>
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It’s a mixed bag. For instance, my seven STEM classes this year (including this quarter, which I have a good sense of already) have had two simply inspiring professors, four really solid professors who are well-organized and clearly articulate the materials, and one god awful professor who was neither organized, inspiring, nor coherent. </p>
<p>So it goes. Often one can work around bad professors, due to multiple course offerings per year for many intro/non-elective classes.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am an international student. I did not apply for fin aid. My parents can afford the fees, but I want to do something to lessen their burden. I remember hearing somewhere that when stanford students reach 3rd year, if they are VERY VERY good, they can become research TAs and then their tuitions fees will get paid and they will even get some yearly allowance. My questions are:</p>
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<li>Can someone clarify whether this is true?</li>
<li>If this is true, what does VERY VERY good mean and approximately how many students get it every year (if it is by department, I am an aspiring CS student)</li>
<li>How are TA opportunities in general like?</li>
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<p>Thank you very much!</p>
<p>The Stanford students windsurf at Felt Lake. Its not walking distance but its there. I forget where S went fishing. All I know is that it was a good bike ride to get there but he loved it. Of course, when he went there was a small earthquake so that pretty much spooked the fish and they caught nothing:(</p>
<p>How important are fraternities to Greek Life at Stanford. I’ve heard at Columbia that they are not that important.</p>
<p>Greek life is available to everyone on campus. Its not overbearing and everyone is invited to the weekend parties.</p>
<p>Dungareedoll could you answer my question please? Thank you very much! :)</p>
<p>Great time to talk about frats! This week and next week are rush, so all of us frosh guys are right in the middle of it. There are currently 11 fraternities, 7 of them have houses, and 4 are unhoused. Frats are always where the parties are at on weekends, but most of the time they’re open to everyone. That’s pretty much the only influence frats have on campus. I think the number is around 11% of students participate in greek life. For most of my friends that are a part of greek life, I didn’t even realize they were in a frat until they mentioned it weeks after I met them. Overall it’s not overbearing and doesn’t dominate the social scene, but it’s definitely there and active if you want to partake in it. </p>
<p>Sorry simp1eton, I’ve got no info on your question…</p>
<p>Can you apply to Stanford early action and another PUBLIC UNIVERSITY early action?</p>
<p>I thought that about 12-13% of the student body went Greek, but apparently it’s now around a quarter (24% for men, 28% for women). Either way, Greek life isn’t overbearing - the Row (Mayfield Ave) has fraternities, but most of the houses are not Greek, and all the houses throw all-campus parties. Housed sororities are in the Cowell Cluster, a bit separated from the Row (though they’re not allowed to throw all-campus parties). But parties are definitely not all they do - both fraternities and sororities throw large and small charity events, which can be pretty fun. Part of the reason that the university revoked Kappa Sigma’s house is that the housing office felt they weren’t doing enough beyond throwing parties, and to have a house, every Greek organization has to exercise an influence outside of alcohol.</p>
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<p>So long as the early program is non-binding, you can apply to a public early.</p>
<p>I have been admitted to Stanford Class of 2016 and was wondering about doing a major in EE with minor in CS. I wanted to do the Co Term Program and the Honors program. Is it possible to do both?
What is the difference between doing normal research with a group, REU or faculty member and doing honors? Can one do both of these too?</p>
<p>Yes, you can do both. Don’t quote me on this, but coterming may allow you more time to do your honors thesis.</p>
<p>Doing normal research with a group is just that - research with a group, usually coordinated under a faculty member. Doing honors requires a faculty research advisor. You can do both - if you do honors, you most likely will be working with the faculty member’s research group anyway. REUs are funded by the National Science Foundation, while most undergraduate research at Stanford is funded by the office of the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education (VPUE, a unit within Stanford). The REU program in EE is a summer program, and is independent of the research you can do during the school year.</p>
<p>But doesn’t Co Term mean taking more number of classes in junior, senior and 5th year, which would allow less time for Honor thesis in senior year?
And sometimes in Majors like EE, you need to specialize in one thing. But if one wants to specialize in more than one field in EE, is it possible? Like doing Computer Hardware and Photonics both, instead of one as needed.
Do we decide this or does the adviser have to ratify it too?</p>
<p>No, you don’t take more classes at a given time (you don’t have the schedule space), but you start to work on your MA/MS degree while you’re still finishing your BA/BS (so your schedule becomes mixed between the two).</p>
<p>If you want to specialize in more than one area of EE and do a minor in CS and do honors and coterm, you might be able to wrangle it by planning and starting very early. Because EE is already a very unit-intensive major, doing all that could mean you may not have time to study abroad, or your electives may be more limited, or you may have some pretty unit-intensive quarters (or some combination thereof). I know someone who did ME, decided partway through junior year to do EE, and graduated with a degree in both. If he can do that, I think that doing all that would be possible.</p>
<p>But my advice to you: take it easy. Most entering students have dreams of doing everything, taking advantage of all that Stanford has to offer, and/or scooping up a few degrees in the process. But you will quickly discover that it’s just not possible, nor is it worth it. These are great opportunities for students, but they aren’t badges of how intelligent/accomplished/awesome you are. Even if you could squeeze all that in, you’d probably be sacrificing your own happiness in the process. You may be thinking “I’m different and I’m going to do all this,” but with time, you’ll gain perspective on what your interests and goals are, and you’ll formulate a path that’s fulfilling to you both in intellectual pursuits and in your personal life. </p>
<p>Remember that there are other [url=<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/OO_double_majors_DoubleSecondary.html]options[/url”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/OO_double_majors_DoubleSecondary.html]options[/url</a>] available at Stanford. You can do an individually designed major (IDM) in the engineering school. Secondary majors are an option if your interests have many courses that overlap (for the most part, courses can count toward only one major). But most of the time, taking classes and/or doing research in a given area is more than enough - you don’t need a title on your diploma to get the intellectual depth in a field/topic of study or to prove your knowledge on the subject. Your academic record exists independent of such titles.</p>
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<p>Your advisor(s) will help you to plan it, but if you can fit it all in, then they won’t stop you. I have a feeling though that they’ll try to get you to hone in on what your interests are and simply follow those, without the minors (which are mostly useless) or coterms or whathaveyou. If you’re serious about following this path, it would be a good idea to talk to UAR advisors and someone in the EE department as soon as you get to Stanford, so that you can start planning as early as possible.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I received my mail packet today, and received quite a shock when it said that the cost for this year is 62k(!!!). I thought that it would be around 56k.</p>
<p>62k (even 56k) is a huge sum of money, and my parents will only be able to barely afford my education. I’m international student, so I do not qualify for aid.</p>
<p>I was wondering, suppose I choose the cheapest meal plan, cheapest room, and buy old textbooks from seniors etc, how much do you think I can cut the cost by? </p>
<p>Thank you very much!</p>
<p>Could you list the details of where that $62k is coming from? That’s definitely over Stanford’s typical COA. Are they trying to estimate the cost of your travel? Are they assuming that you will use Cardinal Care (Stanford’s health insurance - I’m not sure how international students’ health insurance works in the US)? This year, the cost is:</p>
<p>tuition: $40,050<br>
first-year fees: $957
room/board: $12,291</p>
<p>Unless the difference here is from their estimation of your travel or health insurance (which students can opt out of if they have proof of insurance - again, not sure about international students), the only way that figure would make sense is if they bumped tuition or room/board by a huge amount, which is unlikely; I don’t see any announcements in the Daily about it, and there would probably be uproar over it.</p>
<p>They usually overestimate the cost of books. Don’t buy from the bookstore - even their used books are overpriced. Get them from Amazon. Buy used international editions, which tend to be cheaper.</p>
<p>You can cut down on travel by not going back home for specific holidays or breaks. You can of course cut down on personal expenses by being frugal. You can’t control the cost of room as a freshman, and IIRC the same is the case for your meal plan (you can change the meals/week, which will give you different amounts of Cardinal points, but I believe the cost is the same for each plan, so that students aren’t tempted to go without food in order to save their parents’ money). You’re required to live on campus freshman year, but after that you can get an apartment off-campus with a few others (or even a room in someone’s house - plenty are usually available), which can cut down hugely on room and board costs.</p>
<p>But this is a bit premature - something seems amiss here.</p>
<p>Tuition: 41250
Room and Board: 12721
Books and Supplies: 1500
Personal: 2400
Orientation Fee: 438
Insurance: 3600
Total: 62446</p>
<p>This is copied from my form.</p>
<p>@simp1eton: Is this only for international students, or do all students have to pay a total of 62,446?</p>