gullicat Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 anyone with firsthand knowledge about stanford? either application process, student experience or both :) thanx -sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 who graduated from there back in the day. It's a beautiful campus, pretty small for a university I would say. The weather is unbeatable, and lots of people bike around campus all year round. (It does rain, though.) Legendary networking availability--you're automatically hooked in with everyone who has ever gone there. It's the only 'semi-Ivy League' school out here on the West Coast. I studied Chemical Engineering at Berkeley, and although Stanford had a great reputation in that field, that was more because of their good graduate education. Their undergrad course of study didn't even include Unit Operations, so it seemed pretty inadequate to prepare you for a career with just a BS. Just an example to show that it's important to check the caliber of the specific degree program as well as department if you are considering it. Lots of Silicon Valley techies and venture capital people attended Stanford, and stayed nearby. I've heard very good things about their graduate physics department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 (edited) my dh and dd and dsil all graduated from there; my dmil still lives on campus (her dh was a professor there). what are you curious about? pm me... ann Edited August 29, 2009 by elfgivas@yahoo.com grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmosis Mom Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Hijacking here -what's the consensus on Berkeley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpupg Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 it's important to check the caliber of the specific degree program as well as department if you are considering it. Another hijack: How, exactly, does one go about doing this without having an "in" in the field in question? What should one look for? And where to look? Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I would see if the have the Rugg book of colleges in your library. He is a statistician who has perused over colleges for many years and has majors listed with which colleges have strong departments. You can also look in one section and check which departments are strong in a particular college. He lists many small and regional colleges so there is a wide selection in many fields. They are all divided up by very selective, more selective and selective categories. I found the guide to be very helpful to me since my dd is potentially majoring in fields that I have no personal knowledge about the strength of the department and can't tell much with the course listings either. One particular caution I would like to mention is that in these economic times, colleges and universities are cutting and will be cutting departments. You don't want to have your child go to a school and have the department cut after their freshman or sophomore year.Transferring usually means extra semesters sepnt in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpupg Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I would see if the have the Rugg book of colleges in your library. Thanks, Chris. This is the 2nd time someone mentioned that book to me (it might have been you before, even), so I really do need to go get a copy. Thank you :) Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I was just looking at that book and noticed he lives in nearby city. Do you think it is beneficial for two hr. consult for 198 or just buy the book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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