<p>Well, having plans is comforting to me, regardless of how many of them eventually fall by the wayside. I don't necessarily adhere rabidly to my plans. :p</p>
<p>I'd also like to do the Latin American Studies honors program. I'm really interested in Latin American culture/language/etc. :D</p>
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<p>How's the Stanford Bookstore? There were a few articles on the Stanford Daily that commented on its over-high prices. </p>
<p>Stupid, insignificant question, but I just really like bookstores. :) I know the library is great, though.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I love studying in the bookstore. There's background noise with some light music and people chatting, which keeps me from going insane - I hate the silence of the library :) The bookstore has a nice cafe in it. Unfortunately, you can't use the points from your dining plan there, but it's not that expensive. They have good sandwiches and pastries and drinks. I haven't really bought anything there aside from textbooks and the occasional printer cartridge... Prices are not that awful, I think. I have bought textbooks and then bought them online for cheaper and then returned the originals to the bookstore before the deadline. This doesn't work for shrink-wrapped books, of course. Some classes also list what books they require on the bookstore site <a href="http://www.stanfordbookstore.com%5B/url%5D">www.stanfordbookstore.com</a> This may not be that helpful as you prepare for your first quarter at Stanford, but it may help later. I am already preparing to order a couple books from half.com.</p>
<p>celest i have a question; i want to do pre-med but the last time i even looked at a chem book was in 10th; should i maybe prepare and go over some AP stuff b/c i have a feeling i will find it difficult</p>
<p>bookstore!? I don't know, I prefer blasting music w/ good headphones, so for me, when I took stanford classes two summers ago, I hung out in first floor Meyer a lot (open 24 hours) I took CS106A, and since the Lair was closed, Lair hours were held in Meyer, and so I spent many a night in Meyer coding. Hah...</p>
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<p>Knightmair, just as an aside, I absolutely love hi-end headphones (I even wrote about this interest in one of my essays).</p>
<p>In response to Frank the Tank: "I don't think it's unheard of for SLE kids to take Physics 60. I don't know anyone who does, but I know of one SLE kid who takes Math 51H, which is probably harder."</p>
<p>I was a SLE student last year. My year alone had three kids who took the 60 series. So ta-da, SLE isn't only for the hardcore humanities.</p>
<p>2 more things i noticed on a prev thread you could do a coterminal program in bioengineering......what is that; and if i were to do engin/premed wouldnt chem engine be the most helpful</p>
<p>also is it a better choice to go ahead w/stan and all the courses to prepare u for med school...b/c there is a joint admissions program at rice that guarantees you a spot in a med school w/o the MCAT and thus the bio/chem courses; i dont know if i will be as prepared for med school though....what do u you think i should do</p>
<p>Magerie: If you haven't taken AP Chemistry or haven't taken Chemistry since 10th grade, it's best to take the Chem 31A&B route. There is no advantage in being "on track." One of my friends who goes to Harker got a 5 on AP Chemistry and she took Chem 31A and B. She learned quite a lot.</p>
<p>You should do what you want is the easy answer. What you what is a difficult question to answer for anyone. Those 6-8 yr BA/MD or BS/MD program never interested me much. Speaking from personal experience, I could never live in the same place for quite so long. Have you gotten into the joint program at Rice? </p>
<p>My advice to you, and to the rest of the premeds out there, is don't come to college preparing for the next four years. No doubt that It's quite important what you'll be doing after you receive your Stanford degree, but those things will fall into their places when the time comes. </p>
<p>A coterm program in Bioengineering is where you receive your Masters in Science (Bioengineering) and your Bachelor (in a different discipline) within four to five years.</p>
<p>ChemE is a hard pill to swallow: the CME series, the p-chem series, etc. Many of the courses for that major overlapped with premed requirements, but you still have to take Physics 45 (plus all the physics lab), the biocore (because ChemE only have to take one class out of the three in the sequence) and all of its wonderful labs, etc. You can do it. </p>
<p>One of my insane friends coterm in four years and still have time to study abroad in Paris. That means he got his B.S. and M.S. in Biological Science in two years. He wrote two honor theses his senior year. TWO. Simultaneously! No wonder he's at Stanford Med now. =)</p>
<p>Hey current students.. How is the gym?</p>
<p>Thanks to my high metabolism, I don't know. Seriously. I have never been to the Stanford gym. I find no purpose in exercise.</p>
<p>i love! the stanford gym. most of the equipment is very new and well kept. sometimes it gets a little crowded but i've found a time that works for me (late eve. after dinner). all in all the gym is pretty much top of the line and everything a resonable person could ask for. in fact, it's one of the things i miss most while being home during breaks bc my gym at home isn't as nice...</p>
<p>Thanks, Celestial! Glad to know how nice the bookstore is! :) I enjoy studying in a more relaxed atmosphere, too, and if there's a cafe, that's even better!!</p>
<p>they gym is awsome, but there's a lot more you can do too. there is a great pool for lap swimming, a rock climbing wall, a beautiful campus to run/bike around, and a bunch of courts (basketball, tennis and maybe other sports too)</p>
<p>I was reading the "advice" thread with current students reiterating that incoming freshman should not expect to consistently outperform the mean. I'm just wondering, what is then considered a "good" GPA? I know that you can't do better than 4.0, but what kind of GPA generally satisfies the more ambitious students? Is having something like a 3.2 thought to be bad or just slightly below average?</p>
<p>Depends on your major, doesn't it?</p>
<p>I agree that it depends on your major. If you get all B's, that's a 3.0. "Good" is probably above 3.0, but how far above depends on your standards and goals. Some classes will curve a test so that the mean is a B level, so you can get a pretty good GPA while getting low raw scores on tests. Means can be very low because professors truly want to test your understanding, and they want to get a nice distribution - which is hard to do with such high-achieving students.</p>