<p>How's it like? :)</p>
<p>who knows… hopefully it will be good :)</p>
<p>If not, we can always go to others schools right?</p>
<p>The conventional stereotype is that no one dates at Stanford. It’s kind of partially true because the undergrad population is tiny and it’s pretty hard to get away from people you know and interact with on a regular basis. Everyone is also super busy all the time (not just with work, but with dorm life and group activities like Big Games). Stanford is quite a distance from SF and you kind of get stuck in the bubble. The Palo Alto area around Stanford pretty much carters to Silicon Valley tech workers and there isn’t much for people under 30.</p>
<p>So yeah, it’s probably not the best school for casual dates. On the bright side, something like 70% of Stanford undergrads end up marrying a fellow Stanford student, so somehow it works out.</p>
<p>Ha, awesome :)</p>
<p>I doubt it’s worse than at other Ivies…</p>
<p>Sorry meant Ivies, especially HPY.</p>
<p>As far as freshman year (so far at least), it’s much more of a hook-up culture than dates. People often hook up with others during parties and stuff but don’t often stick with one person. If they do, it stems from hooking up with the same person several times, then the relationship kinda develops from there. I’m just speaking from experiences I’ve seen as a freshman, so things may change as students become upperclassmen.</p>
<p>As in one-night stands?</p>
<p>Somewhat like that I guess, but nobody really thinks of it in that way. People sometimes meet each other at parties, things transpire back in their dorm rooms and the next morning things tend to be just normal, not too awkward. Overall it’s pretty casual. Like I said, sometimes relationships do stem out of these once the people get to know each other better. </p>
<p>Obviously this isn’t the one and ONLY type of dating that goes on at Stanford, it’s just the type that I’ve experienced the most during my first quarter here.</p>
<p>Is it common for students to start going out together into the city of wherever, especially during later years?</p>