Stanford research! How many SPN fans have done this before me?

[_lavinia_]

So, for another new WIP, I'm reading the online handbook for incoming freshmen at Stanford.  I love research.

Observations:

• freshmen aren't allowed to have cars on campus (not a problem for Sam, but others might complain)
• no free printing for students, whoa - ten cents a page (might be a problem for Sam)
• option to charge textbooks, up to $1000, on your ID card if your financial aid isn't immediately available
• no roommate requests nor roommate info available until move-in day
• what every dorm room does have: extra long (80" - long enough for Sam, even) twin beds, overhead light, bookcase, carpeting, small closet or wardrobe, mirror, dresser drawers, desk and chair, wastebasket and recycling bin (ooh), window covering, hook or bar for towel, heating system
• freshmen are bound to get lots of T-shirts in the first few weeks
• dangerous weapons and ammunition are, of course, forbidden (where would Sam hide his?)
• absolutely no pets allowed (including fish)
• freshmen have NSO (New Student Orientation)...from September 14-19, wow that's late.  
• check-in begins 8 a.m. September 14th, and finishes up at 2 p.m.; there's an evening convocation which families attend with their students, then parents have their own dinner while students meet dormmates and have their first in-house meeting; parents are also allowed to join in the first day of NSO
• apparently there's something about welcoming freshmen to "The Farm"
• September 21st is the first day of classes (academic calendar)
• Huh...I think there's actually three quarters/semesters in their academic year (autumn one starts in September, winter one January 4th, spring one March 27th) - also a summer quarter from June-August; could Sam have taken classes year-long to keep his housing/meal plan?
• Ah, information on housing and academic breaks (all dorms close for about three weeks during the winter holidays; Sam probably stocked up his food for the breaks; ha, I like the advice for alternative housing, like "go home with a friend and stay with their family," or to look for short-term rentals in local papers...very possibly what Sam did)

Thoughts: if Sam listed his permanent address as Pastor Jim's, who forwarded him stuff like his acceptance letter (but, I think, first told him over the phone he had been accepted with a full ride, after Sam gave him permission to open it up)...might he have not received such important packets in time?  Maybe that's why he didn't have some critical info.  Also, can full-ride students get work-study or part-time jobs?  He'd want one.

Google map of Palo Alto

Stanford map (wow, that's overwhelming.  I really want to give Sam a bike)

Now I really want to go to college (for the first time) in California.  Damn.

Yeah, sometimes I take research way too seriously.  There's a special resource on the website where you can ask questions, and I'm seriously considering posing as an incoming freshmen so I can ask all the random things I want to know.