Trying not to lean too much one way or the other before visiting Yale honestly. Would love to hear others thoughts on this! Crowdsource my decision making please.foamborn wrote:lc, where do u stand on deciding between stanford and yale?
that preftige though :pcc78 wrote:Easy on this one LC, Yale only if you want to do academia...otherwise, there's nothing you can get from Yale that you can't get from SLS.
+1cc78 wrote:The no grades first semester is also very cool, especially contrasted with the quarter from hell that Stanford has waiting for you the moment you show up.
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It's expensive to live off campus in general, I don't know if dog friendly units are much more than cat friendly/no pets options. Rent in Palo Alto for a 1BD will run you about 2400-3000 easily. I'd recommend living in Munger (or elsewhere on campus) just for the convenience/relatively low cost and getting a dog 2L/3L year if you move off campus. Taking the Caltrain is a pretty common/convenient way to get to campus and save on rent a bit - I think apartments in Mountain View and Redwood City are usually more reasonably priced (they are still gonna shock those from low COL areas).psychmusic wrote:I really want to get a large dog, but I feel like the cost of off campus housing that allowed large pets would be too insane for that, any thoughts?
I have a very good friend who deferred matriculation by a year at Stanford and is currently attending as a 1L without any issues. As long as you have a good reason for deferring, I'm sure the office will grant the deferral.qwer123 wrote:Hello! Lurking in to ask a question
Does anyone know someone who has been granted a two-year deferral from Stanford?
The website says that Stanford "grants a limited number of requests for one-year deferrals," which seems to suggest that it doesn't grant
two-year deferrals, but Harvard all but guarantees them so I am hoping that Stanford makes leeways for those
who must inevitably take two years off.
I appreciate your input!
Agreed, although the personal notes in mine were all in the first two sentences, though maybe my background is much less interesting than yours, haha.cc78 wrote:No doubt about that, mets, but the plain jane email from Dean Magill which mentioned very specific things about my background impressed the hell out of me I have to say.
eventhough I know her assistant probably wrote it
I actually haven't gotten the ASW RSVP yet but I just got the email from Dean Magill. I also just had a couple of things in the first paragraph that were tailored to me but I'm still flattered!LetsGoMets wrote:Agreed, although the personal notes in mine were all in the first two sentences, though maybe my background is much less interesting than yours, haha.cc78 wrote:No doubt about that, mets, but the plain jane email from Dean Magill which mentioned very specific things about my background impressed the hell out of me I have to say.
eventhough I know her assistant probably wrote it
The fact that they only make 400 offers in a cycle definitely gives them more time to do personalized materials and longer phone calls though, which is nice.
Haha, I did but thank you! I'll just sit tight and hope I get the invite soon. I live on campus so I'll be crashing ASW regardless if I get to RSVP or not, haha.psychmusic wrote:Mine was sorted to promotions in my gmail in case you didn't think to check therelc39 wrote: I actually haven't gotten the ASW RSVP yet but I just got the email from Dean Magill. I also just had a couple of things in the first paragraph that were tailored to me but I'm still flattered!
There are very few options near Stanford that are large-dog friendly. At the very least, definitely wait until getting settled in to think about that.lc39 wrote:It's expensive to live off campus in general, I don't know if dog friendly units are much more than cat friendly/no pets options .psychmusic wrote:I really want to get a large dog, but I feel like the cost of off campus housing that allowed large pets would be too insane for that, any thoughts?
Welcome caps!!!ballcaps wrote:checking in WHAT WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
huh? what's that mean?cc78 wrote:The no grades first semester is also very cool, especially contrasted with the quarter from hell that Stanford has waiting for you the moment you show up.
i hate that i kinda agree with you; what planet do we live on where stanford is insufficiently prefstigious?lc39 wrote:that preftige though :pcc78 wrote:Easy on this one LC, Yale only if you want to do academia...otherwise, there's nothing you can get from Yale that you can't get from SLS.
