<p>cons: not in the east, california location, funky architecture</p>
<p>Do you like freezing your butt off or something?</p>
<p>One cannot tell by the format of your post whether you are disrespectfully seeking advice or if you are simply ■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>I’m sure there are dozens of threads on this forum containing discussion about this issue. Try the search function in the upper right-hand corner.</p>
<p>As for me: the weather and, what I consider, great architecture are attracting me to apply.</p>
<p>The environment is fantastic, as is the weather and the people (including the professors). And if you want to go to graduate school or get a job, this school looks outstanding on your resume.</p>
<p>What’s so bad about California? You don’t have to freeze…</p>
<p>Because it’s better than everything else put together. Period.</p>
<p>But OP, if you’re trying to be cocky, don’t apply</p>
<p>no, i really want serious answers
i am challenging you.
now defend your school</p>
<p>There’s no way you can be serious :)</p>
<p>Anyway, if by chance you are – California is one of the last things I’d ever say is a con. I myself basically only considered CA schools, and Stanford has the advantage of being “good at everything” – few academic disciplines it’s not very strong at. There are other great schools in CA, like Caltech, but that’s very narrow.</p>
<p>Why should people try to defend their school?
They have their personal reason why they want to go to Stanford. It seems like this thread is so you can find a reason for your essay.</p>
<p>^haven’t even looked at the essay questions for stanford</p>
<p>ok i should be more specific,
what’s so good about palo alto and california??</p>
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What is so good about east?</p>
<p>it would be a terrible fit for you. In fact, i don’t know why anyone would attend a college with so many serious issues, to be honest.</p>
<p>Stop ■■■■■■■■ or ask your question more nicely.</p>
<p>“cons: not in the east, california location, funky architecture”</p>
<p>Well obviously if he doesn’t like the architecture, then it is not a fit. If you don’t like the campus, you definitely won’t enjoy the school. College life is about where you spend your four years, well if you don’t like where you are going to live because it looks weird or it is in the west and in California, then why the heck do you want to apply? It seems like you want to apply just so you can “brag” about the school you go to or just because it is ranked high. I mean seriously, if you have that many issues with the location and the looks of the school, why bother spending 4 years in the place you dislike?</p>
<p>pigs<em>at</em>sea, well since you haven’t looked at the essay questions, I suggest you do look at them:</p>
<p>Essay #2: “Virtually all of Stanford’s undergraduates live on campus. What would you want your freshman year roommate to know about you? Tell us something about you that will help your roommate—and us—know you better.”</p>
<p>–I guess ** a good answer that you could put down according to what you say ** is 1) I ** hate the archetecture of the dorms I am going to be living in. ** 2) I **don’t like that Stanford is in California ** 3) I ** surely don’t like the west, east is better **</p>
<p>Essay #3: “Tell us what makes Stanford a good place for you”</p>
<p>–This one is easy for you to answer: I don’t like Stanford’s campus, it isn’t a good place for me to live, I don’t think Stanford is a good place for me.</p>
<p>^thanks =]
what, do i have a male username?</p>
<p>^Your tone and listed location are decidedly male</p>
<p>Hey OP, here’s a better question: Why should Stanford accept you? </p>
<p>Cons: cocky, annoying, complains about a 720 in like every SAT thread</p>
<p>so only males live in sin city?</p>
<p>Where is the sincity? Is it within a walking distance to HYP? Do people – or whatever – in that city go to HYP a lot?</p>
<p>lol sin city= las vegas duh</p>
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<p>I think many people would ignore something like architecture if they felt there were things about the programs offered that they really liked. I think a school that’s good at a wide variety of things, from pure sciences to engineering to the humanities/social sciences can fit many academic tastes, and unless someone hates California weather completely and absolutely must freeze, I’d take location as a secondary factor. It’s not easy getting accepted to schools of a high caliber these days, and one shouldn’t at all in my opinion reject one simply on the grounds of not liking how it looks. Now if the location and culture are simply offensive to the extreme to one’s tastes, and everything about a school seems to be foreboding, that’s different.</p>