<p>Stanford doesn’t really have an entrance, it has a circular road that you can get to from a number of different entry points. Then you drive around in circles endlessly until you finally find what you’re looking for. In the meantime you’ve passed the hospital, various research buildings, dorms, etc., none of which look very welcoming. If you luck out and drive down University Avenue towards the quad, just try to see it through the traffic! I speak as someone who spent the first 20-some years of her life in the vicinity.</p>