<p>how much of a hassle is it to go to stanford if you're from the east coast?</p>
<p>In what way? I know JetBlue flies direct to San Jose out of JFK, and perhaps Logan as well, and Continental has a direct flight out of Newark to San Jose as well. Most of the other big airlines have direct flights from somewhere to San Jose, and if not you can always fly to SFO.</p>