<p>does anyone know how i can get hold of data telling me the actual percent of undergrads accepted to med school and the number of stanford students applying to medical school; and does stanford release average GPA info at all???</p>
<p>What are the dance groups at Stanford like? I've been dancing since I was about 4; I'm not professional or anything, but I'm fairly advanced. Are there any tap or jazz groups? Do they perform a lot? Are there dance classes you can take?</p>
<p>you guys talked about the "duck effect" being bothersome... that's one thing at my high school that I hate and want to get away from. I do generally work hard and don't really care to spend my time hiding it... would this be a problem socially at Stanford? Could one easily find friends who don't, say, act like they party all the time but really spend their nights cooped up studying their a$$ off? (I'd study, and wouldn't hide it)</p>
<p>ok, and I might have asked this before... what does the "typical" Stanford student do on friday night/weekends? I know, I know... there's not typical Stanford student... whatever you like to do, you can find ppl there who will like it too, etc. etc. But really, what do you guys feel is common? Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>mlee - first of all, let me reassure you that the analogy of the duck syndrome is overwraught. People are perfectly comfortable complaining about their work or finding others to commiserate - we just don't feel a need to masochistically one-up ourselves in describing our workloads (actually, we do that like anyone else, it's human nature - but there's an inclination against it).</p>
<p>And not only is there no friday activity the 'typical stanford student' engages in, there is no typical friday for the average stanford students. Mine vary wildly, from crazy partying, to a tv show or movie marathon to things I can't describe to even, yes, studying or doing my work. The nice thing about college is that there is no 'typical' thing you have to do to be socially 'cool' or 'in', and that there is so much you could do that there is really no need for you to have a 'typical' friday evening!</p>
<p>What do you do to keep fit? aside from the sports, of course.</p>
<p>It's really easy to maintain peak form, particularly in spring and fall. Everyone is out running or biking or swimming and because of the gorgeous <em>but temperate</em> weather it's hard for you not to. I often go on very pleasant midnight or 2am runs.
It's mainly the attitude toward fitness that makes the big difference - everyone's doing it, from Yoga in the dorms to going hiking, so why not join in!</p>
<p>Agreeing with lki: The "duck syndrome" thing is blown way out of proportion. Especially since it portrays us as intentionally concealing the amount of work we have, which is not true at all. I think the better description is that Stanford students tend to have a lot of work (as you would at any school like this), but are for the most part pretty relaxed about it, so you usually don't see the stress normally associated with that kind of workload.</p>
<p>speaking of which, does anyone know where to locate this year's stanford course guide? or last year's? </p>
<p>it's not available through ASSU at the moment, and i'm trying to find some info on classes and professors.</p>
<p>And in the Stanford Bulletin, all the classes are fairly academic. I know there has to be some "fun" classes like some sort of PE class, art class, etc. that's not formally structured for a major. Where can we see listings of these classes?</p>
<p>well, i think there are some pretty badass classes.
check our p. 228:</p>
<p>COMM 148. Hip-Hop and Don't Stop: Introduction to Modern Speech Communities</p>
<p>DRAMA. 180Q. Noam Chomsky: The Drama of Resistance</p>
<p>p.229:</p>
<p>MUSIC 8A. Rock, Sex, an Rebellion</p>
<p>SIGN ME UP!!!!</p>
<p>The fun classes should be listed in the bulletin too. Check the athletics department, for example, for recreational sports classes. Check the Dance department... for dance classes. The art dep't... for art classes etc...</p>
<p>rock sex rebellion is supposed to be DAMN good. </p>
<p>french porn was the best class ever</p>
<p>lki, when are we meeting up?</p>
<p>When you get to campus, you'll get a paper version of the Time Schedule. This is much easier to browse than anything online, and you can definitely find fun classes in there.</p>
<p>There are lots of dance opportunities, such as Bent Spoon and Urban Styles. I don't know much about them other than they exist.</p>
<p>theses are a list of all the dance groups on campus w/ their websites...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/dance/groups/%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/dept/dance/groups/</a></p>
<p>That list leaves out the Dollies, though. But you don't really need to think about that until after winter break at least. And then only if you're female.</p>
<p>but the dollies are more like cheerleaders than anything. i mean, don't get me wrong, they are all great dancers. many (if not all) are in other dance groups, like urban styles, but the dollies is def less "advanced" or "organized" in terms of actual techinique and coreography. ok, that wasn't the best choice of words but you know what i mean.</p>
<p>Hey I got a pretty important question. I'm planning on purchasing a Cingular mobile line and I was wondering if I could use my phone instead of buying one from Cingular. Is it possible and is it only for certain models? Please respond quickly because I'm leaving soon!</p>
<p>I have a question. For each course, there are books that we have to buy. I wanted to know if on most courses (esp. philosophy ones) we have to read the whole book, or just selected exerpts?</p>
<p>Superwizard, you'd have to check with Cingular or do an online search. Certain phones can only be used with certain companies (or sometimes only one company), so I can't give a general answer. It shouldn't hurt to call Cingular, give them your phone model, and ask.</p>
<p>Hmm... I've never taken philosophy, TheBravery. In classes where we were assigned novels, we had to read the whole thing. In compilation-type books such as historical books with lots of ancient writings, we didn't always have to read everything. So.... it varies.</p>