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What is Admit Week like, and how important is it to go? I was planning on visiting the school some time in April, but if I go next week it coincides with my April Break and I don't have to miss any school. I am timid by nature, and Admit Week seems a bit overwhelming and too "scheduled" to me. (I kind of like to do my own thing and am not so ( Read more... )

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I recently got an offer for the anthropology PhD program at Stanford which would come with a fellowship stipend of ca. $6900 for three quarters and a research fellowship of $5500 for the summer quarter. Now, as I am German and have no idea of the cost of living in Palo Alto etc. I was wondering how much this actually is? I mean, to me it seems an ( Read more... )

is anyone here an american studies major? how is the amstud department? do they make you read mulitple books per semester?

does anyone know if any of the housing available for law school students is pet friendly? i've tried contacting the housing office via email and they don't get back to me.

thanks!

So...I'm a Cal grad student (**take it easy people**) knee deep in a quirky debate with one of my Stanford pals. I was wondering if one of you fine Cardinal minds might be able to help us reach a resolution.

Basically, it's been widely advertised since yesterday that if Cal were a country, that would rank the Bears 12th (13 medals) in the overall ( Read more... )

A friend of mine just got accepted to Stanford for grad school and is currently apartment hunting. He's not finding Craigslist to be very helpful. Does anyone have any tips for non-Craigslist ways of finding good housing in the area?

I have a LOT of trouble with math, and I basically bombed that section on the SAT. I did pretty well on the writing and reading and essay, but the math? Uggghhh. So my question is, did anyone here get into Stanford despite abysmal SAT scores? Or did everyone get really, really good scores? Like, how much does that matter in the application process ( Read more... )

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