<p>Going off of what Data10 said about Housing, prior to you coming to Stanford, there are Approaching Stanford forms that need to be filled out. One of the forms will involve housing, and as Data10 said, there are options to rank your preferences.</p>
<p>The other parts of the form include writing your roommate essay (so you can be matched up, appropriately). Then there are options to list when you usually go to bed, what music you listen to, how clean you are, etc. Things to help the two undergraduates who match up every single freshman match you up with the right roommate.</p>
<p>In a general sense, the four-class dorms are quieter than the all-frosh dorms. </p>
<p>So if you prefer a quiet working environment, I suggest choosing a four-class dorm. Being in a four-class also enables other advantages; meeting upperclassmen with cars, who can give advice, etc. </p>
<p>All-frosh dorms have their own advantages in that you’re close to other people like you and are most likely or not going to be taking the same classes as you. It’s supposedly easier to find friends in all-frosh dorms that you can stick with, in contrast to four-class dorms where it might be a little difficult to find more freshman like you. [But that doesn’t seem true lol. You’ll find friends anywhere and everywhere you look. Doesn’t matter what dorm you’re in; you’ll fit in!]</p>
<p>Special programs, as Data10 said, will require an application. </p>
<p>FroSoCo too involves an application and is considered a quiet dorm. A negative to FroSoCo is that it’s far off from everything else. It’s dining hall, however, is splendid. The distance is what usually turns people away from it, however.</p>
<p>It seems that it is far from the freshman dorms but it is closer to the engineering quad and about just as far from the main quad as the other freshman dorms. Bonus, the huge new gym and pool is practically across the street from the dorm.</p>
The existence of Silicon Valley is largely related to Stanford’s emphasis on tech entrepreneurship and start-ups, particularly the efforts of Frederick Terman, who was an EE professor in the 1930s and later dean of engineering and provost. It concerned him that top engineering students had to go to the east coast for jobs, so he encouraged and helped students and faculty to form local companies. The most well known of these companies is Hewlett-Packard. After a few decades, there were many companies formed by Stanford students in the area, an industrial research park on Stanford-owned property, etc. Today the situation has reversed itself, and it’s common for tech students from east coast colleges to go to the Stanford area for tech jobs. </p>
<p>When I was in college, I was in a program to foster tech entrepreneurship by combining a masters in a tech-related field with a masters in a business related field. This program has been modified somewhat since then, but they still have some similar programs, such as a dual degree program with a MS in CS + MBA. There are also courses related to tech entrepreneurship, such as The Entrepreneurial Engineer Seminar, which emphasizes lecturers from Stanford grads who started successful companies sharing their experiences. When I was took the class, it included Google and Yahoo founders, both of which gave contact information. There are also many opportunities due to the college being located in the center of Silicon Valley. This environment led to me starting a successful Internet company. I think this would have been unlikely to happen had I chosen any of the other colleges on my list over Stanford.</p>
<p>That said, most students at Stanford do not pursue tech degrees, entrepreneurship, or start-ups.</p>
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In most classes, about 10% of students are international, some of which are from the UK. The article at [Stanford</a> Daily | International admits steady for Class of ?16](<a href=“http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/04/25/1064567/]Stanford”>International admits steady for Class of '16) about the class of 2016 mentions,* “This year, the largest country of origin for students outside the U.S. was the United Kingdom”*.</p>
<p>Does it feel at Stanford like there is a focus on undergraduates? And does it feel like there’s a sense of community among the undergrads, or are you just kind of one of the sea of students there?</p>
<p>@cakane7
In my roommate essay, I did not list my name (I was accepted lol, Class of 2017). However, I have heard of other people adding their name. How you structure your roommate essay is probably less important than its content. The roommate essay…is a little out there, in terms of prompts, so I suggest you go with what feels right to you. Really write a roommate essay that you want your roommate to read. I was quite honest in mine.</p>
<p>@stahboy
If you’re going to go into engineering, I would suggest the Math II subject test, along with whatever science you’re pursuing in that field of engineering. Default-wise I would say the Physics subject test. Some science subject test and Math II would most likely be adequate, though Stanford does not require you to take subject tests.</p>
<p>@gymnasticsfan321
I did not do score choice with my Subject Tests and instead just sent all of them. They adcom then saw my first, pitiful 620 Math II subject test which I then retook for a higher 710. (I think. It was something along those lines, I don’t remember my scores anymore). You could possibly send both, but since Stanford does not require you to send all SAT Subject Tests, you could just send your US History one. I don’t say your chances would be hurt, but it’s your choice on whether you want to send it.</p>
<p>Hi, I have a question and I’m not sure if you’ll be able to give me an answer because you’re not an admissions officer but I’ll ask anyway. </p>
<p>Throughout high school, I have maintained mostly A’s in the highest level courses possible with the exception of math. My sophomore and junior years, I got C’s in honors math classes. This semester, in AP Stat, I managed to get an A. I plan on majoring in Political science or something in that field. Do you think that I’m automatically “out” based on my math performance? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance and thanks for answering all of our questions.</p>
<p>As a tour guide that’s heard the Discover Stanford spiel from adcoms countless times, one or two C’s amidst a stellar academic record is not gonna throw you out of the applicant pool. Believe it or not, not all of us Stanford students had perfect transcripts. I know my grades sure weren’t, lol…</p>
<p>Hi my sat score are under review because of a high score increase and I wanted to apply to stanford RD. Since I am an international student, I believe SAT’s are very important in my application review. What am I supposed to do ?</p>
<p>^^what do you mean by “my sat score are under review because of a high score increase”…is it being reviewed by SAT/college board…your school…or Stanford admissions?</p>
<p>…is someone questioning the validity of your score?</p>
<p>1) How hard/competitive is Mechanical Engineering at Stanford? I’m in AP Calc BC and AP Physics C this year, and I have an A+ in calc and a B+ in phys. I also got a 750 on the physics SAT subject test last year. Do I stand a chance of being successful in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford?</p>
<p>2) Are their personal trainers at the gyms?</p>
<p>3) Have you guys studied abroad? If so, where did you go, and how was your experience? Also, does your major affect where you can study abroad, or can you go wherever you want? I’m particularly interested in the Madrid and/or Beijing programs.</p>
<p>4) How many people coterm/go for honors theses? Is doing so extremely rigorous/competitive? </p>
<p>1) I don’t have any firsthand experience with MechE, but I know a lot of people who are in the major and enjoy it. It is a lot of work; some classes (namely ME101 and ME203) pretty much take up your entire quarter with projects. However, a lot of MechE majors that I know are in frats and have time to socialize and party on the weekends. I’ve never experienced any type of competition on campus either. Now that’s not to say that it doesn’t exist, it could just be that in my social circles that kinda stuff doesn’t happen, but I honestly don’t know any of my friends GPA’s or grades because we really don’t care about trying to one-up each other. </p>
<p>2) I’m pretty sure there are personal trainers at the gyms, but I have no clue if/how much they cost. Just search Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation on google and it’ll bring up the gym’s website which will have more info on that. </p>
<p>3) I studied abroad my Sophomore Spring and went to Florence, Italy. Absolutely amazing. I had a host family, spoke Italian more than half the time, traveled A LOT. Your major can affect where you go abroad, but it’s not necessarily a restriction. For example Florence had a lot of classes in the humanities and social sciences, but there were engineers that were there and just got rid of their GERs (I guess now they’re called Ways…). So yes, most abroad sites have some type of specialty, but you can go to any of them regardless of your major and still get credit towards something. </p>
<p>4) I have no clue on statistics about this, but I’m pretty sure it depends on your department. However, I will say that I know a lot of people who have co-termed, so since it’s not a tiny population and not everyone applies to co-term, I don’t think it’s super competitive.</p>