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<li>If EE is like most other majors, not terribly difficult. Get close with a professor, maybe through an introsem.<br></li>
<li>not sure</li>
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<p>When does a freshman learn if he or she has been accepted to SLE or FroSoCo?</p>
<p>It looks like there are some really good note taking apps for tablets. Isthere any kind of a trend towards taking notes in class on a tablet (either typing or with a stylus) versus typing on a laptop or netbook versus pen and paper? I’m talking about non-technical subjects
but with tablets even techie classes can be covered.</p>
<p>@ GandalfTheGreat: I think during NSO, you can take a chem placement exam if you didn’t get a 5 on AP Chem - so you can take Chem 31X (or 33, I think) instead of 31A & B.</p>
<p>Also, one of my friends who is an EE major started doing research during winter quarter of freshman year. Many of my dormmates started doing research pretty much immediately by emailing professors during the summer before NSO, and during autumn quarter.</p>
<p>@RonaldA: Unless you’re a pre-med or chemE or bioE, don’t sweat it too much. Maybe look through courserank to see which classes interest you based off of reviews. General advice: get pre-reqs out of the way. Chem series, physics series, math series, intro CS or psych classes, etc. That way you’ll have more options later, particularly if you’re going the techie route.</p>
<p>Freshmen, take introsems. Just do it. I took two this year, one in psych & mental illness, and another through the medical school in stem cell engineering. The absolute best classes, because the professors were awesome, and because the rest of my classes were pre-reqs.</p>
<p>THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO RESPONDED TO MY POST 
you guys are all so awesome and nice!! </p>
<p>@Cardinal2014: how do you go about setting research with a prof during the summer? Do you just read a bunch of his papers and e-mail asking if you can research with him? Because i’m really interested in getting in research even as early as first quarter.</p>
<p>Also, how do you go about getting a job on campus?</p>
<p>Are there foreign language programs/departments that Stanford has been expanding on lately?</p>
<p>How is the Black community on campus?
Have any of you studied abroad?</p>
<p>I also would like to know about foreign languages-the ones notes as “accelerated”- any insight on those?</p>
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No, but many of my friends have. From what I’ve heard, the programs vary wildly in terms of social scene and academic rigor.</p>
<p>Does the band have any flute players?
Do you have to major in music to participate in any musical activities (like orchestra, etc).</p>
<p>^
Yes (or, if not flute, something very close)
Nope. maybe for some, but not a majority.</p>
<p>are there many drawers in the dorms? Also, do roommates share bathrooms? It sounds silly but I need the answers for my roommate essay so thanks in advance :D</p>
<p>There are three drawer dressers for each roommate, and typically the bathrooms are shared by everyone on the floor. The exception would be apartment style suites, but there aren’t that many suites and freshman don’t live in them!</p>
<p>For a general idea of what the furniture looks like, check out the online residence hall tour: [Virtual</a> Tours : Residence Hall : Stanford University](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/tours/virtual/residence.html]Virtual”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/tours/virtual/residence.html)</p>
<p>Can someone please tell me a little more about NSO? I’m really stressed out! So we just bring all our stuff with us (a suitcase or two, boxes, furniture, bedding, etc) and go to our dorms first, right? How much stuff do you recommend bringing? Do parents just stay around in nearby hotels?</p>
<p>Does applying EA help a solid student with decent EC’s (4.0 uw, 2260 SAT)? Stanford is my dream school, but if it won’t help, I am considering using EA to secure a safety.</p>
<p>Does the university provide planners/ academic calendars to the students? </p>
<p>Does the standard fourteen meal per week plan suit the needs of an athlete? </p>
<p>How does the book buying situation work if freshmen do not know what courses they are taking until mid-September? Is there anyway to figure out the chances of being admitted to a class?</p>
<p>FrenchSilkPie, you’re on your own. parents? lol</p>
<p>14-meal plan is plenty. you can always sneak in without swiping your card (though you have to walk in with swag…that’s how you don’t get caught).</p>
<p>book-buying is gonna be a frenzy mad-dash to the bookstore the week where you shop classes. </p>
<p>planners? what is this, middle school? you got into stanford. your brain should be a planner. :)</p>
<p>NSO, prepare to cry your guts out…in joy…over the diversity of the human experience…</p>
<p>@FrenchSilkPie, don’t be stressed out about NSO, it’s a really fun and relaxed week, definitely a great time. Yeah you can bring all your stuff with you to your dorm first thing. Altho it’s your room, you can move stuff in/out of it whenever you want.</p>
<p>Bring as much stuff as you can fit but just remember that the rooms are pretty small (especially when shared with another person) and you’ll have to pack it all up at the end of the year, during exam week (which sucks).</p>
<p>To any knowledgeable upperclassmen: I’ve been looking at PWR courses recently and it seems quite a number of them are during the time slot of 11:00 AM - 12:50 PM. Since this is also when the dining halls operate, I’m wondering how we should expect to deal with lunch on these days?</p>
<p>My kid is going over PWR choices - top choice after watching the video clip is Biomedical Ethics taught by Starkman.
Does anyone have any comments/thoughts about this class?</p>