Questions for current Stanford students:

@websensation, I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I saw an announcement from Stanford today that they’re replacing the cancelled program in Beijing with one in Hong Kong, starting in Autumn of 2019, with no language requirement.

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2018/03/07/new-bosp-program-in-hong-kong-replacing-beijing-option-to-launch-in-autumn-2019/

@Mom2jl Yes, I did. Good news for internship opportunities. Thanks. I can see that they chose HK due to alumni support and financial internship positions.

How are 4 classes dorms for a freshman? Best of both worlds or not good for freshman? Do they still put you in a room with other freshman? My kid is a freshman but he took a gap year. Pros and cons.

My son lived in a single in a four-class dorm (Roble) during his senior year, but my understanding is that around 50% of students in those dorms are freshmen, so there’s still a large community of new students. These dorms tend to be quieter than all-freshman dorms. My son lived in FroSoCo both his freshman and sophomore years, which he liked precisely because it was quieter than some of the all-freshman dorms. As I understand it, freshmen will always room with other freshmen.

@websensation I don’t know if you’ve seen this page, but it talks about all the different housing options for incoming freshmen and has some helpful info:

https://undergrad.stanford.edu/advising/approaching-stanford/approaching-stanford-forms/first-year-housing-preferences