Stanford freshman taking Q's

<p>Is there a website where Stanford students post their opinions of various classes and professors so that students making schedules can get a better idea of what they're going into? I remember one posted on the USC board for USC.</p>

<p>There is, at the end of each quarter we fill out course evaluations which are published on the courseguide. It's only accessible to people with SUNet IDs, and it isn't updated very often, so some courses have recent evaluations and others don't. I believe it's at courseguide.stanford.edu</p>

<p>Regarding the question on biomedical engineering:</p>

<p>I'm not a freshman at stanford, but when I went to the discover Stanford program several months ago, the admission officer told me that a new biomed engineering major (through the Bio-X department) will be available for 2005 freshman.</p>

<p>I also wrote my essay on biomedical engineering. So i think we can do biomed engineering, or something VERY similar, at Stanford in the very near future.</p>

<p>collegebound: I don't think it's actually so much direct competition with other students as it is proving to a professor that you're able to work in a research lab. There's no actual application process to join a lab. Do some research online about faculty members who are doing research that interests you, and contact them. Once you get a faculty member to advise you, then you can apply for a grant through the URP to fund a project.</p>

<p>At the undergrad level, Stanford offers the biological sciences and the human biology major. Straight bio takes a molecular approach, and humbio incorporates more social/cultural aspects into the sciences. I don't know so much about ecology or evolutionary biology, but Stanford is excellent in molecular biology, especially at the graduate level. If you believe in US News Rankings, Stanford's grad programs in all fields of molecular biology are either #1 or #2. We just built the Clark Center, this gorgeous new super-expensive building which houses the new Bio-X program, so biology and all sciences at Stanford are definitely top quality.</p>

<p>During freshman year, it seems like practically everyone you meet is a premed. Then the o-chem series comes along and they drop. I think we feel the most competition against each other, but we work hard, play hard, just like any other student.</p>

<p>It's fun to answer all these questions, I'm actually learning more about Stanford as I'm answering questions because I have to look up some of this stuff!</p>

<p>So what exactly do you have to do for premed? On some page on the Stanford website, it just looked like you had to do five or so classes. What is the o-chem series?</p>

<p>how does research for humanities students work? How do you go about it? Btw, thanks SO much for all the help, it's reallllly useful!</p>

<p>The basic premed classes are a year each of English, inorganic chemistry with lab (31A, 31B, 135/171/187), organic chemistry with lab (33, 35, 36, 130, 131), biology with lab (41, 42, 43, 44X, 44Y), and physics with lab (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26). Chem 31X basically compresses what would be a year of freshman chemistry at other schools into one quarter and can be taken in place of 31A and 31B, and 33 starts the organic chemistry sequence. Med schools may specify other requirements such as calculus (Math 19, 20, 21 or 41, 42, 51) and advanced biology.</p>

<p>So about how many quarter-classes would you have to reserve to do pre-med? English would be 3, but what about chemistry and physics? Would my AP Physics credit waive part of the pre-med requirement?</p>

<p>There will be lots of information about research opportunities once you get to campus... I have two friends who are research assistants in the psych department already, and there are Open Houses and things. Basically to do your own research you will submit a proposal and then (if it sounds any good at all) get a grant to do the research. A senior in the drama department got a grant to spend a summer in pubs in Ireland studying the people. :-P Like I said, they like to encourage research in the humanities, so it's not too hard to get grants.</p>

<p>Physics is 3 quarters (21 with 22 lab, 23 with 24 lab, and 25 with 26 lab), inorganic chem is 3 quarters (or 2 if you take 31X), and organic chem is 5 quarters (the labs are 3 units instead of 1, so they're full courses but usually taken along with a lecture class). AP Physics credit waives part or all of the physics requirement at most med schools, but that's up to their discretion. The undergrad school does not control that. Assuming no AP credit, that's about 22 classes total (3 physics, 3 English, 3 calculus, 8 chemistry, and 5 biology).</p>

<p>How is Stanford's history department? I think I might minor in history or maybe even major.</p>

<p>I just realized that one of the professors there, David M. Kennedy, co-wrote the U.S. history book my school uses for AP US History :)</p>

<p>My RA is a 5th year senior majoring in history, and he loves it. That's all I really know</p>

<p>Is there paintball at Stanford? I know some kids who are very in to this sport.</p>

<p>Does Stanford have a neurobiology or neuroscience major?</p>

<p>look it up in the bulletin.
bulletin . stanford . edu</p>

<p>i think it might be under psychology if you can't find it in bio/other related subjects</p>

<p>There's no neuroscience major at the undergrad level, but the biological sciences major offers you an honors option to specialize in a neurobiological track. This means you take a few extra classes in that specific field and a senior thesis.</p>

<p>I didn't know about the biological sciences specialization track, but I did find on the website what efilsiertaeht is talking about. According to the psychology dept website, you can major in psychology with a neuroscience track. But neuroscience won't show up on your diploma, only on your transcript.</p>

<p>Thess questions came about after reading a previous thread about the Stanford daily.
How easy is it for freshmen to get involved as a writer for the Daily? Do you need previous experience or a resume? What is the student body's opinion on the Daily?</p>

<p>what are the parties like at stanford?</p>