The culture of Stanford

College Search & Selection
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<p>Interesting article:</p>

<p>Is</a> Stanford Too Close to Silicon Valley? : The New Yorker</p>

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<p>Hmmm, Stanford’s common data set ( [Stanford</a> University: Common Data Set 2011-2012](<a href=“http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2011.html#degrees]Stanford”>http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2011.html#degrees) ) lists the following percentages for 2011 graduates:</p>

<p>5% Computer and information sciences (CIP 11)
15.1% Engineering (CIP 14)
3.7% Engineering technologies (CIP 15)
3.3% Mathematics and statistics(CIP 27)
4.7% Physical sciences (CIP 40)</p>

<p>Other large major groups were:</p>

<p>15.8% Interdisciplinary studies (CIP 30)
20.6% Social sciences (CIP 45)</p>

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<p>what a silly op/ed! sounds like some new york elitist is sad that the world does not always revolve around the upper east side of of nyc!</p>

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<p>Here are some of the responses to the article for anyone interested:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1330599-get-rich-u.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1330599-get-rich-u.html&lt;/a&gt;
[In</a> Defense of Stanford University - Businessweek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)
[Stanford</a>, Silicon Valley, and John Hennessy’s Real Legacy | PandoDaily](<a href=“http://pandodaily.com/2012/04/30/stanford-silicon-valley-and-john-hennessys-real-legacy/]Stanford”>http://pandodaily.com/2012/04/30/stanford-silicon-valley-and-john-hennessys-real-legacy/)</p>

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<p>NYC creates little of real usefulness and mostly push paper from A to B. . They are envious of true inventors.</p>