<p>Thanks Forever Zero. I was also wondering, how good is Stanford for maths, especially when compared to Princeton and Harvard?</p>
<p>Princeton's very well-known for math and physics (think of John Nash and Einstein) whereas Harvard is very weak in those fields. I think that Stanford's better than both, and definitely much better than Harvard. In fact, there was a news article about how Harvard is overjoyed now that a former Stanford math professor has decided to teach there.</p>
<p>I see. I know that Princeton is exceptional in math. I was under the impression that Harvard is also very good in math and had a number of outstanding faculty and students. </p>
<p>I am glad to know that Stanford has a strong mathematics department. Is its applied mathematics also strong?</p>
<p>Harvard math is the best in the world. I'm pretty sure it's better than both Stanford and Princeton.</p>
<p>"Harvard math is the best in the world. I'm pretty sure it's better than both Stanford and Princeton."</p>
<p>Not true. Read this article: <a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=507190%5B/url%5D">http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=507190</a>
This is from the Harvard Crimson. Harvard's own math professors admit that its math department is relatively weak.</p>
<p>Inuendo,</p>
<p>The last US News rating of graduate programs in Math (in 2002) rated MIT number first, with Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Berkeley in a 4-way tie for second (for what it's worth). In Physics, they rated Cal Tech and MIT tied for number one, followed by a four-way tie between Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Berkeley.</p>
<p>There are few areas in which Harvard is "very weak" by the standards of most universities. To Harvard people, "very weak" might mean anything below "number one by consensus."</p>
<p>"my physics teacher told me "You're going to Stanford? Watch out for all the liberals." ]</p>
<p>Doesn't Stanford host the Hoover Institution, one of the most conservative think tanks in the country?
<a href="http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=11948%5B/url%5D">http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=11948</a></p>
<p>Wasn't Condi Rice Stanford's provost for six years?
<a href="http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/BIOS/rice.html%5B/url%5D">http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/BIOS/rice.html</a></p>
<p>Those who feel that Stanford lacks an adequate social life often are those who failed to develop social skills in high school. Stanford, Silicon Valley and the SF Bay Area will provide just about any kind of social outlet imaginable.</p>
<p>Identify what you are looking for in a social life and the Stanford community on CC will be happy to share with where you can find what you want.</p>
<p>"Doesn't Stanford host the Hoover Institution, one of the most conservative think tanks in the country?
<a href="http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=11948%5B/url%5D">http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=11948</a></p>
<p>Wasn't Condi Rice Stanford's provost for six years?
<a href="http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/BIOS/rice.html">http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/BIOS/rice.html</a>"</p>
<p>Apparently they do, but anything that's even slightly liberal is pinko-commie in the rich suburbs of Houston, Texas- House Majority Leader Tom Delay's district.</p>