<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I'm a freshman at Stanford who went through this whole process (and used this discussion forum pretty frequently) not too long ago.</p>
<p>If any of you have questions about Stanford or whatever, I'd be happy to answer them.</p>
<p>Is it possible to have a major and two minors? If it's possible, would the workload be really hard?</p>
<p>I'm sure it would depend on what the major and minors were. Math, for example, is a relatively small major, so it would probably be possible to major in math and have two minors. If you're an engineering major, however, I'm pretty sure it'd be impossible to have two minors. </p>
<p>If you know exactly what you want to major and minor in starting out, and if they're not the biggest programs, then i'm pretty sure it'd be manageable. But you might want to think a while about which ones you're really interested in and then just double major in two, which is a lot more common. I'm double majoring in poli sci and econ, for example.</p>
<p>Could you major in something in the humanities and minor in the sciences or engineering?</p>
<p>humanities and sciences i'm sure you could, but to major/minor in engineering you have to be accepted to the school of engineering when you apply originally.</p>
<p>Hmm, I never heard anything about applying separately to the school of engineering. I would like to do computer science, but that is taught at the school of engineering.</p>
<p>i don't have any questions right now but i just wanted to say i think it's really nice that you're here to help. hopefully when i get into college i can come back to CC next year and help everyone else out</p>
<p>haha im such a dork</p>
<p>hmm... not a question, more a request. Can someone talk about the dorms at stanford (or post links to pictures/post pictures) because on tours they do not show teh dorms. thanks guys.</p>
<p>"to major/minor in engineering you have to be accepted to the school of engineering when you apply originally"</p>
<p>I don't think that's true. You get accepted to the university, and can take any classes you want, and major in anything you want.</p>
<p>what were did youd o in highschool, such as ec and your sat scores and what sports or clubs you join, ap classes, like tell me what you do to get into stanford.</p>
<p>SAT I: 750 m 750 v
SAT IIs: 750 (IIc), 740 (writing), 750 (chemistry)</p>
<p>APs:</p>
<p>US History - 3
Chemistry - 3
biology -- 5
chemistry -- 5
calculus BC -- 5
computer science AB -- 4
English Language -- 4</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Basketball team - 4 years (JV for two years, on varsity 2 years)
Speech and Debate - 3 years
Piano - 9 years,
Violin- 5 years
badminton- 3 years (JV two years, varsity 1 year)
business club- 4 years
ochestra- 2 years </p>
<p>Community Service:
Food Bank - 500 hours
Key Club Webmaster - 500 hours</p>
<p>what's my chances, please tell me</p>
<p>aww that's really nice of you!</p>
<p>anyways i have a quick Q... how do you like the ten-week quarter (trimester?) system of classes -- do you feel like you have to cram a lot cuz there's not as much time to cover material in class?</p>
<p>The quarter system is kinda rushed...your first midterms are only a few weeks after classes start, and as soon as you recover from those you have more midterms in a few more weeks. The one good thing is that if you don't like a class you can just think to yourself that it will be over in a couple more weeks. Also, you get to take more classes in a year and see what you like.</p>
<p>For "smartchineseboy", here are my stats:</p>
<p>SAT I: 780 Verbal, 750 math
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Writing, 740 US History</p>
<p>GPA: 4.25 W, 4.0 UW
Rank: 3 of 515</p>
<p>AP's:
-US History 5
-Eng Comp 5
-Chem 3
-Spanish 2
(I had other ones senior year, but these are the only scores Stanford saw)</p>
<p>EC's:
-Speech/Debate team (qualified for state and nationals)
-Newspaper news editor
-Varsity golf team, 4 years
-Student government
-Internship with state senator
-Couple of political summer programs</p>
<p>That's the main stuff.</p>
<p>You look like you're in the ballpark, since your stats are very similar to mine. I honestly didn't think I was going to get in, and just applied cuz everyone at my school does.</p>
<p>wow, you're smart</p>
<p>pretend i get 1530 on the sats and 2300 on the sat II</p>
<p>i get straight a's all throughout highschool, im top 10 out of 500</p>
<p>basketball team - 4 yaers
badminton team - 3 yaers
speech and debate - 3 years
keyclub- 500 hours
business club- 4 years</p>
<p>do i have to recieve awards ?</p>
<p>Your stats are just as good as mine are. Don't sell yourself short. If I could give anyone applying to Stanford one piece of advice it'd be this: don't stress TOO much about getting into Stanford (or Harvard, or Princeton, etc). If you've even got a SHOT at these schools, then even if you don't get in you're still going to get into a great school somewhere else, which is something that 99% of high school students won't do.</p>
<p>You may think your life is over if you don't get into an IVY or Stanford, but it's not that big a deal. Most schools that you would consider under the ivies (UCLA, Georgetown, NYU, just to name a few) are just as good. It's not like you won't be able to get a job if you don't graduate from Stanford.</p>
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<p>thanks a lot, puhahahahahaha</p>
<p>BTW, I was also wondering the same thing about dorms. I guess I'm just interested in knowing how they look like, what accomodations they have, how they're set up, etc. :)</p>
<p>There is a previous thread with freshmen answering questions that discusses in detail what the dorms are like. The dorms at Stanford are extremely varied, and their looks range from 5-star hotels to truly ugly motels. There are lots of different room arrangements, such as one-room doubles, two-room triples or quadruples, singles, sinks, no sinks, etc... I think all dorms have heating and no air conditioning (really, you don't need either one here). Anyway search for the older thread, it has more info.</p>