I’ve taken classes with 4 polisci professors, and 2 more in a polisci-related class but who weren’t part of the department. Out of these 6, the only professor I’ve had whose personal views became a distraction was very liberal. So it works both ways. In fact I’ve really only heard complaints about these professors being too liberal. Hoover Institute fellows aren’t too involved with undergraduates from what I’ve seen. </p>
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Sigma Nu is known as the gay-frat, and there must be a reason for this. I think if you’re Sigma Chi material that stuff shouldn’t matter. They had at least two minority pledges this year, so that’s a good indication that they’re willing to bend from tradition :).</p>
<p>Haha. It’s legitly the best thing ever. I admit it’s not for everyone, but the community formed in the SLE dorms is absolutely amazing. My dorm feels like family to me, and I’ve only been with these people for 4 months Regardless if you are a techie or a fuzzie (I’m a potential engineering major, actually), it’s an awesome experience.</p>
<p>as i said before, the people who do it tend to love it. everyone else is glad they didn’t do it. it’s really an academic and social decision.</p>
<p>conversation with the one friend i have who did SLE went this way:
SLE kid: “I only read 2 books all year!”
other friend: “But you had to live with them!”
SLE kid: “do you know how easy it is get out of there?!”</p>
<p>This is perhaps a bit of a random inquiry, but I’ll ask anyway. My brother will be working down in Silicon Valley this summer. Since he attends school on the East Coast, I rarely get to see him. In addition, I have always spent my summers away from home and the thought of spending the next one here is less than appealing. I know I will have to work this summer, so I was wondering what are the prospects for on-campus jobs (like working in the libraries, bookstore, coffee places, etc… basically anything) and would an incoming freshman be able to work in any of those positions? If you know of any resources for finding jobs, that would also be excellent. Any advice is appreciated… hoping I won’t have to start filling out applications for places around here, but if that is the case, then so be it. Super helpful thread!</p>
I don’t know the requirements off the top of my head for all four, but I’d say difficult. A lot though depends on:
-AP credits coming in (oh wait nevermind, you’re pre-med haha. but if you can pass out of language that’s three less classes)
-other things you want to do (if you only take major/minor/required classes then it’s obviously more doable then if you wanted a diverse undergraduate experience)
-you (if you can’t get better than Bs while taking four plus techy classes per quarter, you don’t have much of a chance I’d say). </p>
<p>Juggle your classes with med-school apps senior year, research/on-campus job, study-abroad, potential relationships, EC activities (especially performance-based ones that take a ton of time), and socializing and I’d say it would make for a very stressful four years. As if just one techy major isn’t stressful enough already! I’m hesitant to say impossible, because impossible truly is nothing here, but very difficult and unwise imo.</p>
<p>Bio is min 90 units, physics for premed is 12, chem for premed on top of bio reqs is about 18 (didn’t check the exact), CS minor is about 35, and psych minor is 35. that totals to 190 units…plus IHUM, PWR, GERs… probably close to 220.
i would say it might not be possible because some classes will undoubtedly conflict and not let you take them all when you want.</p>
<p>there are so many things you want to do but only 4 (or 5) years to do them. this is the thing i hate most so far. i dont even know everything that is available on campus and i already want to do more things than i have time for.</p>
<p>First post here! I was accepted in REA this year, and will be going to Stanford this fall!</p>
<p>I was wondering, what is the general political culture at Stanford? Are most students conservative, liberal, or somewhere in between? Are the student organizations for republicans/democrats well supported? Are people generally into politics or are most apathetic?</p>
<p>Also, I’m planning to study CS with a minor in Management Science and Engineering. Are the general stereotypes about CS majors (awkward, antisocial, etc.) true at Stanford? And are prerequisites in the CS department (or any department, for that matter) enforced, or are they just guidelines? I like skipping around with coursework, and would like to have the option of skipping a prerequisite if I want to.</p>
<p>^terri - you should probably have a good feel for the answers to your questions if you’ve already accepted Stanford’s offer of admission. If you haven’t accepted the offer it’s time to do your homework - tons of posts on CC about culture at Stanford. Doubt they’ll let you skip over pre-reqs, they want to make sure you’re ready for the coursework. However, it does seem that Stanford does a very good job of suggesting alternate sequences; maybe that’s what you were talking about an I misunderstood.</p>
<p>Bottom line - you can’t accept admission to a university without first having visited so hopefully you took care of that. N. Virginia to Bay Area = big change (not as massive as say, South Carolina, but it’ll be interesting nonetheless)</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to update the state or regional admissions rep responsible for PA to let Stanford know I’m a Coca Cola Scholar? Have received several major national awards since application went in to admissions in November and don’t know best way to update Stanford. Thanks.</p>
<p>political culture leans left. many students are apathetic and if I asked, say, who was just ousted from power in Egypt they would give me a blank stare. that said, there are many people involved with politics/justice/etc. and they aren’t too hard to find. if you wanted to talk with someone about current events or philosophy you wouldn’t have to search very hard. many political leanings are well represented. </p>
<p>the stereotypes you mentioned for CS majors are not true from my experience. CS majors do have a lot of work though, so they are a bit antisocial in that regard. </p>
<p>Prereqs generally not enforced from my experiences. Think of them more as a guide. In some cases though I’m sure they are, like I don’t remember it off the top of my head but it’s basically like one class stretched over two quarters so to take the second you obviously have to take the first. Or in other classes that get overenrolled sometimes the professor will ask if you’ve taken the introductory class or something similar. If a prereq is enforced and you can convince the professor you can handle the material, then you should be fine.</p>
<p>SunDiego - I went to Stanford’s High School Summer College program last summer, so I’ve lived at Stanford for 8 weeks and know that it’s my top choice school :)</p>
<p>I agree with Senior0991’s observations, except that every Stanford student I know is fully aware of current events in Egypt, and of current events in general. And I know a large number of students, including many upperclassmen. There is ample opportunity for political and philosophical conversation late into the night, which I often succumb to and then pay for in the morning. </p>
<p>Re: prereqs, I’ve found professors to be highly flexible about them. They want you to be sure you are ready for their courses, since things move pretty fast here, but if you have sufficient foundation for the classes you want to take, no one will stand in your way in my experience.</p>
<p>There were like a gazillion facebook statuses/news/links etc about Egypt throughout the protests and also about North Korea when the military attacked South Korea.</p>
Regardless if you are a techie or a fuzzie (I’m a potential engineering major, actually), it’s an awesome experience.</p>