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[nyucknyuck]

You always hear about the positives of Stanford. I certainly know why Stanford is as amazing as it is.

But now I'm wondering, what are the negatives of Stanford? What do you personally not like about the school? It could be anything--petty or not.

(The few that I've heard: Duck Syndrome, crazy bike people, location.)

Comments

[starinatdasun]

Dammit I hate how at Stanford everyone's a lametard who decides that partying is unacceptable before 10:00 PM. Seriously, you're not doing anything important after dinner on a Friday or Saturday. At least I hope not.

Quiet hours are at 1. You know this. Yet you decide to sulk around the dorm until 10:15, then walk over to your social function, take a while before you start drinking and/or dancing, and before you know it time's up and you didn't really have a good time. Then you complain that the party scene sucks. It does, BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR STUPID FRIENDS

So I guess my answer would be that you have to find a niche if you want to have a fun social scene. Large parties are generally overcrowded and under-entertaining, and university-sponsored policed events are like high school dances. Other than my obvious irritation, I've had a real good time with the friends I've made here.

[magaliiiii]

Seconded, and I don't even attend social functions that often.

Other big negative for me:

>Not having a car my freshman year. It drove me NUTS. Stupid rules.
>People here are... not universally, but mostly career-driven. But not in the good way, in the "I AM GOING TO DO ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE THE MOST MONEY POSSIBLE AHAHAHAHAHAHA" and it's not at all a mindset I like to surround myself with.
>Agreed with the large intro classes/being accidentally thrown in over your head.

[spamchang]

car? psh, i never had time to get off-campus ;)

i'm glad i mostly got away from the alcoholic-consultant/i-banker types...mainly because i didn't join a frat.

[magaliiiii]

haha i'm in a sorority but you'd never be able to tell from how much greek stuff i do... (read: NONE)

[spamchang]

i jest--the stereotypes are established for amusement and not representative of my greek paradigm at stanford. all the same, i definitely thought that those of you in the greek system at stanford were a social cut above the rest of us :p

[magaliiiii]

Haha perhaps some of us are, I'm a giant flake myself. Oops! :D

When did you graduate, by the by?

[spamchang]

i entered as a class of '05, but i didn't technically graduate until '07. BUT. my last year on campus was '05-'06. complicated is the road less traveled.