Most people I know go to either Green Library or Meyer Library. The outdoor Cafe's are also popular spots to study. For me, the best place to get work done is anywhere that isn't my room! Honestly, if you work better in a quiet place you'll find it. If you work better in a noisy place, there are those too.

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The Stanford stereotype really varies. The ones I encounter the most are that students are known to be nerdy and wealthy. As a top-tier school, many self-proclaimed nerds do attend Stanford, but there's more to the students than just that. Ask anyone on campus to learn that they have a passion or talent that drives them, not just a high standardized test scores and good grades. In terms of wealth, yes, many of my friends are from well off families. However, Stanford also offers a very generous financial aid packages and accepts applicants on a need-blind basis, which means Stanford doesn't consider your financial status when making application decisions. It's actually cheaper for me to attend Stanford than my own local public university back at home because of the financial aid I received! To me, Stanford is a nerd meets jock meets hippy kind of environment. Our campus is very intellectual, active, and chill. Well, at least on the outside. There's something on campus known as the Stanford Duck Syndrome. Ducks look calm on the surface, but they're paddling furiously to stay afloat. Most stereotypes you hear about Stanford are probably true to some extent, because it's such a diverse campus full of passionate and driven people with many interests.

The doors are far more spacious and have cleaner facilities than dorms in public universities. They are also widely varying in terms of social life, so depending on how intro/extroverted you are, you most likely won't be disappointed either way.

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I was extremely satisfied with virtually all aspects of my experience at Stanford, and wouldn't trade a minute of it. In fact, if I could change any one thing, I would have stayed longer.

One really special aspect of Stanford that I think bears mentioning is it's location in Silicon Valley. While Stanford has no undergraduate business program, there are vast resources here for students wanting to start his or her own company. If you need advice or want to learn about business, the GSB is right on campus and some classes are open to undergrads, if you are hoping to get funding for an idea, there are a million venture firms next door on Sand Hill Road. Also, the strength of the engineering program here makes it easy to find manpower for any idea you want to implement. There are also a lot of classes and programs here that support entrepreneurship, including: The Stanford Product Realization Network BASES (Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students) lots of Management Science and Engineering Classes on innovation and entrepreneurship Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar (check out the website, they bring in awesome speakers) At Stanford, there are great opportunities and resources available for anyone who wants to take what they've learned in the classroom and apply it in a business venture setting, whether it's for profit, not-for-profit, social entrepreneurship etc.

No matter what kind of social scene you're into, you'll find it here. Its all what you make of it.

Social activities are really diverse at Stanford. There are people who have weekend "study parties", and there are people who go to SF/Palo Alto to party. Then there are the campus "frat" parties, and then there are more laidback room parties. All in all, there's a lot going on... and pretty much whoever you are, you should be able to find people with similar interests. I think if we had more student bars or clubs, however, the social scene would have been a lot more active!

People like sports. People like drinking. People like doing their homework. That covers most of the bases. The other sliver that most Stanford students don't take part in, includes world class lectures, film screenings, poetry readings, fantastic hiking, and some of the most beautiful hills in the entire world.

Stanford University is among the most liberal universities in the country. San Francisco lifestyle definitely had its influence on the collage life. The gay community is very active and well accepted. All religions are present and can be practiced without intimidation and racial diversity is one of the mane emphasizes of the university. Students usually wear flip flops, t shirt and shorts. The only way people could not fit in is by wearing a Rolex to class. But even then: just take it of and be part of the casual and fun Stanford community.

Grade inflation is pretty nice. It's pretty hard to do poorly in a class, but due to all the smart motivated people, it's also pretty hard to do super well. The nice thing about high school was when a teacher assigned a 300-page book to read, nobody did it. So if you read sparknotes you were way ahead of the curve. But at stanford, everyone does what they're supposed to do. Things are definitely much more competitive, but it's not too hard to do well if you put in effort.

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