<p>I've heard that Stanford is relatively conservative (because of all the .com wealth) compared to the top East Coast schools. Maybe when the .com wealth dried up, people went back to being liberal? :-P</p>
<p>iii dunno!! haha</p>
<p>Stanford is not conservative, the people there are really open. Trust me, the people and the environment, they are both really awesome :)</p>
<p>sleepybunny-
it solely depends on what you're studying. The workload's pretty steep regardless, but an ordinary lit class where you have 200+ pages of reading a week is going to be a cakewalk compared to some of the hard science classes (ie, bio or chem, which i took last year) which were both a pure demonic darwinian process, owing to the insidious machinations of the pre-med majors who cared more about bell curves than the expansion of their knowledge. However I have heard that the science and math classes as CalTech and MIT are harder: we have MIT/CalTech transfers here who couldn't cut it at those places who do very well. Stanford as far as I now accepts 100+ transfers a year. My guess is that if you did well enough in high school to get IN to MIT, ect, then your chances of getting in as a transfer is pretty good, as long as your college GPA is stellar.
If you are strong in math and science, Stanford offers unparallelled recources and opportunities for undergrad research; you just have to study your butt off, and be an individual who's very strong at independent learning. There is very little handholding at Stanford. But absolutely the workload is managable. And every student has the opportunity to "shop" for classes at the beginning of terms to get the jist of the class content/workload.</p>
<p>gah i think im gonna be pre-med... but im not like that at all.. yeesh..</p>
<p>hannerz1785,
thanks for your response! The thing is though, at MIT adn Caltech, their 1st year grades are all pass/fail. Wouldn';t Stanford treat it like a C or something and that would work toward a disavantage? Thanks</p>
<p>Hey, I just got accepted to Stanford under the Early Read program... i spent most of summer and fall talking to admissions and coaches there if you guys have any questions about getting in i can probably help ya out.</p>
<p>under the early what now?</p>
<p>Early Read...its a recruitment program. You can send in your application at any time and are able to find out as soon as possible, which was about two weeks after I submitted in late October.</p>
<p>Recruit only for athletics? Did you actually go to Stanford to get recruited?</p>
<p>is this for d3?</p>
<p>jensull11 answer me this... ed without sat II scores... possible?</p>
<p>Take a look... That's a kind of thing that makes you "stand out" ;)</p>
<p>just downloaded firefox browser, and its AWESOME, very very fast compared to IE</p>
<p>Ya, well i mean i think that recruiting is only for athletics...i didnt go there to get recruited, i filled out a profile on their website and i got a call from the track coach mid-july...
It says that SAT IIs are strongly recommended... i know that I only had two completed when I applied and it wasn't a problem but I sent the third in later. Id say it would be a good idea to have them...but if they required them, they would have said that so without them i think you'll be alright.</p>
<p>i would assume its only for athletics also, i mean, they cant recruit smart people because.. well.. everyone is smart who is interested in stanford.</p>
<p>Man, are there any acceptees who are like just a regular kid with good grades?</p>
<p>What did u do to get recruited? Send the coach videos or something?</p>
<p>on the website there is a athlete questionaire. i just filled it out, and he called. it was pretty simple.</p>
<p>to jensull:
i run track 2, what r ur stats : events, times, awards?</p>