Hi everyone. I'm an admitted student who is fairly convinced she's coming here, but still has some lingering questions. May 1st is Monday, so hopefully some of you will read this soon
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ehh, i don't drink. most of the girls on my floor don't drink either. it works out quite well, i guess. people mostly drink for partying and whatnot, but... yeah. it's chill. it doesn't bother me at all. and i def don't feel pressured. people definitely respect that decision.
i live close by, and i see my family a lot. but it really depends... i totally love my family and am going through slightly more difficult times so... yeah
Drinking sort of depends where you end up living, but still mostly boils down to personal choice - I lived across the hall from the party room in my dorm (Branner) freshman year, and I didn't start drinking until I was a senior, yet never felt out of place when with people who were drinking. Most people seem to drink socially - there will always be those who drink primarily to get drunk, but most of the drinking takes place in a social environment. That being said, the impression I get from friends at other schools is that drinking at Stanford is generally less social. The drinking policy has changed since I was a frosh, so there's probably a bit more drinking behind closed doors now, but generally the residential staff recognize that it happens and do their best to keep people from getting hurt without excessive discipline
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Can you explain why the one-group-per-function rule undesirable? I can understand for groups that audition and hold selective memberships.... Does this mean that each of the a capella groups on campus have a different function?
Well, it's undesirable for certain types of student activities - the aforementioned humor magazine (the Chapparal / Chappie) is terrible, but won't get any better since there's no competition. As far as I know, the a capella groups don't get ASSU funding, or if they do they have specific goals in mind which separates them from the rest. For most of the arts groups it doesn't matter so much, though for orchestras and the like, since only one can get funding, having an unfunded musical group can be a bit difficult. An alternative is to try and turn the one group into a sort of head group, which disburses funds to several smaller groups; however, that's complicated and takes a lot of effort to change the architecture.
I'm heavily involved in the martial arts programs at Stanford, and the university only allows one funded school per style (ie, karate), even though there are several schools of that style represented on campus (ie, JKA, SKA, Universal, Shorin-ryu, etc.) Since the Stanford Martial Arts Program is a university-funded
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Right -- I was thinking of a scenario in which a group is badly led or corrupted, and no one can establish a competing group as well.
Ooh, I thought you meant that only one group per function is allowed on campus; really, it's one group per function that's given money. Well, that's better at least.
And no problem with the blatant advertising -- I'm into TKD ^-^
I agree with virogthecong on the drinking thing. I've had probably three or four drinks since I got here in September, never been drunk, and I still have just as much fun as anyone. It's up to you how much you'll have to drink, and you'll never feel pressured into doing it. There are, however, those people who feel like they can't have a good time if they're not drunk, but I tend to not hang out with those types
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It's great to know that clubs at Stanford won't be as unfinanced as clubs in my high school!
Your observation on separation of ethnic groups is interesting. One of the major reasons I like Stanford is its ethnic diversity. You write of events, but would the housing system be a cause of this? Are there a lot of interracial friendships? Can I still assume that each ethnic group, and individuals within, is tolerant of every other?
Stanford is, I agree, very diverse. And there are definitely interracial friendships. I have friends from Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, and Texas. The housing system... there are people who feel that they "needed" Ujamaa, Casa Zapata, and Okada to "get them through" their first year, which I think reflects an unwillingness to trust people outside of your ethnic group. Which I can understand, to a certain extent. But come on, it's Stanford
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Hm, okay. I don't think I'll be living in an ethnic-themed dorm, unless they randomly assign me to one, so I think I'll be fine. I lived in (I think West) FloMo during Admit Weekend -- in Gavilan. It was great fun!
As a New Yorker - distance isn't so bad. It also gives your parents an excuse to come visit sunny California more often.
Campus is large, but Stanford is still small enough to see at least one friend every time I go out. Not everyone has, or uses, a bike; walking is the 2nd most common form of intracampus transportation.
So as long as I don't get crappy dormmates I should be fine, eh? =P
Is the weather really that great? I won't have snow or hail or blizzards, thank god, but rain? Ew? Haha
And are the dorms reasonably sized? Because I was in Gavilan for Admit Weekend, and the rooms were pretty good -- nothing you can argue about. Are other buildings like that?
yeah. west lag has smaller rooms but it's bearable. usually freshman year, you'll be fine in general in terms of dormmates. if you're in an all frosh dorm, you'll have at least 100 other frosh to bond with during nso. if you're in a four class dorm, you'll still have 30-50 freshman who you get to know pretty well during orientation, and i'm sure there's someone in there whose company you'll enjoy. four class dorms are kinda hit or miss in terms of how friendly the upperclassmen will be, but the frosh are always ready to make friends :)
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i live close by, and i see my family a lot. but it really depends... i totally love my family and am going through slightly more difficult times so... yeah
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Can you explain why the one-group-per-function rule undesirable? I can understand for groups that audition and hold selective memberships.... Does this mean that each of the a capella groups on campus have a different function?
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I'm heavily involved in the martial arts programs at Stanford, and the university only allows one funded school per style (ie, karate), even though there are several schools of that style represented on campus (ie, JKA, SKA, Universal, Shorin-ryu, etc.) Since the Stanford Martial Arts Program is a university-funded ( ... )
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Ooh, I thought you meant that only one group per function is allowed on campus; really, it's one group per function that's given money. Well, that's better at least.
And no problem with the blatant advertising -- I'm into TKD ^-^
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Your observation on separation of ethnic groups is interesting. One of the major reasons I like Stanford is its ethnic diversity. You write of events, but would the housing system be a cause of this? Are there a lot of interracial friendships? Can I still assume that each ethnic group, and individuals within, is tolerant of every other?
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Campus is large, but Stanford is still small enough to see at least one friend every time I go out. Not everyone has, or uses, a bike; walking is the 2nd most common form of intracampus transportation.
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Is the weather really that great? I won't have snow or hail or blizzards, thank god, but rain? Ew? Haha
And are the dorms reasonably sized? Because I was in Gavilan for Admit Weekend, and the rooms were pretty good -- nothing you can argue about. Are other buildings like that?
Thank you!
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