<p>i'm almost finished with my undergrad, and am looking to apply to stanford for grad school in engineering. in my undergrad, i pretty much didnt have a niche of friends, for various reasons, i guess mostly due to commuting my first 2 years of undergrad and never being able to live in the dorms</p>
<p>i've heard plenty of undergrads at my school who also had difficulty making friends, due to the large, impersonal school setting. so i'm concerned about that if i end up at my same school for grad school</p>
<p>is it easier to make closer friends and find a niche of friends?</p>
<p>I don’t know from personal experience, but I’ve heard that it’s harder in grad school, what with fewer and smaller classes. But then Stanford is primarily a grad school (two-thirds are grad students), and the weather is so perfect, maybe it helps with socializing.</p>
<p>Hey, vossron. Are two-thirds of Stanford really graduate students? Wow, that seems like a lot, though.</p>
<p>Yes, roughly:</p>
<p>Total all undergraduates: 6,532
Total all graduate and professional students: 11,301</p>
<p>[Stanford</a> University: Common Data Set 2008-2009](<a href=“Stanford Common Data Set | University Communications”>Stanford Common Data Set | University Communications)</p>