<p>I was watching a documentary (some of you guys might know what I'm talking about) about these Stanford students going to Cal and asking them there opinions about Stanford. This got me wondering:</p>
<p>what do you guys think of Stanford? Do you guys not take the rivalry seriously, or is it like nails on a chalkboard when you hear that name?</p>
<p>Well, the name sounds ugly. It has sibilance, something I've never thought sounded good (and many agree with me on this), and the latter part, "ford" (pronoucned "fURd") doesn't do it for me either! The name itself I'm not a fan of. The rivalry? Don't take it that seriously. I respect the school and acknowledge its many faults thoroughly. What else would a good rival do? ;)</p>
<p>watch: any stanford student who posts on this thread will get at least a B/B+ and a few units towards graduation. Go cardinal! (isn't that a color?)</p>
<p>I wouldn't call that garbage on the internet a "documentary." Stanford the school is fine. The town sucks and alot of the students are arrogant, but then again so are alot of Berkeley students, so it might be a wash. The rivalry is big for one week during november and the rest of the time its just kind of a joke. I've had teachers refer to it as the junior universtiy across the bay, but its all in good fun.</p>
<p>Where is this documentary?</p>
<p>1) I respect Stanford. It's a great school all around and the Stanford students I've met are incredibly intelligent and pleasant to talk to.</p>
<p>2) To me, the rivalry is when we play football against them, and other sports.</p>
<p>heres the documentary if you haven't seen it</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/%7Ewhaas/%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/~whaas/</a></p>
<p>I thought it was funny</p>
<p>Stanford graduates who subsequently go to Cal are appalled at the bureauocracy.</p>
<p>Daderoo, what amazes me more than that every single Stanford graduate that came to Berkeley later felt the same way is that you've talked to each and every Stanford grad who came to Berkeley. Kudos.</p>
<p>DRab, I'm sorry if I'm too innocent to follow the gist of your post and determine the sarcasm quotient. I'm just reporting my anacdotal experience and that of 100% of my personal acquaintances. If this thread doesn't want that input, never mind. BTW, is a scientifically valid study required for every opinion and observation offered here?</p>
<p>It's all sarcasm. Feel free to post. Your wording was sort of misleading. maybe supplying the number of anecdotes would be nice, instead of sort of implying it was every single graduate.</p>
<p>A more relevant question is whether there is sufficient merit in the observation to be of interest to anyone who cares.</p>
<p>Berkeley graduates who subsequently go to Stanford are appalled at the relative ease of the school and the boring atmosphere.</p>
<p>Never having done it in that direction, I couldn't say, but it somehow doesn't ring true as far as academics are concerned. But, I have to admit that living at Stanford/Palo Alto might be more boring for graduate students and graduates than living in Berkeley, as I did for six years after some great undergraduate years on the Stanford compus.</p>
<p>The couple I've met said as much. Palo Alto could be worse, of course. At least it's relatively easy to get to San Francisco.</p>
<p>But geting into the City is nowhere near as easy from Stanford as from Berkely. After graduation I lived very close to campus on the north side and had an easy express bus into the City. Bart would also have been easy.</p>
<p>Oh, most certainly agreed.</p>
<p>Palo Alto is nothing as a college town.</p>
<p>Of course, if you had a lot of stock in an IPO...</p>
<p>So you're saying that stanford, at any level, is more difficult than Cal?</p>
<p>Can't say.</p>