<p>I recently visited Stanford as an admitted student. The campus seems larger and more spread-out than others I had visited. Could some current students please address the sense of community at Stanford?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>The community is amazing. Because everyone lives on campus, and the undergraduate student body is relatively small, (about 7,500), there are very tight bonds. I always say, if I don’t know someone, I absolutely know someone who knows them. </p>
<p>Freshman dorms, co-ops, greek life, and residential ed programs foster amazing communities within residential spaces, and these become a way to make a (sometimes overwhelming) school become just a bit smaller and more home-like. Though the physical campus is large, residences are clustered together, and I like the big size, it keeps me from feeling claustrophobic.</p>
<p>The size of the undergraduate population means that you’ll share mutual friends with just about anybody.</p>
<p>I was also initially worried about the size of the campus, and decided to go to a SLAC instead. Glad I came here 
While you certainly won’t know everyone as you might at a SLAC, your freshman dorm will be as close-knit a community as you could want. You’ll usually know at least one person in your larger intro classes, while the smaller classes naturally foster a mini-community vibe. Check out our introsems, which are capped at 16 students.</p>
<p>After freshman year, you’ll still have options for living in communities: Toyon (all-sophomore dorm, feels pretty much like an all-frosh dorm all over), Greek/coop/selfop houses, or simply drawing with up to seven other friends in the housing draw to ensure you all end up living together. On top of that, you’ll be taking increasingly higher level and therefore smaller classes, and there are some 650+ clubs for you to join if you want even more communities!</p>