-- Posted by Hep at 2:27 pm on April 19, 2008 Right now in school we are picking out what we want our career path to be and what college we want to go to. Even though were only in middle school it is still important to do. But, anyways I was thinking about putting down Stanford School of Medicine for my college (I want to be a surgeon). So, anyone on here go to Stanford or have any experience with the campus and whatnot? -- Posted by PimpMyHoes at 2:29 pm on April 19, 2008 I have some friends there. Its a lot like my school. Its pretty, warm, and a good school. If I lived on the west coast thats where i'd go. Don't know much about their medicine program though. -- Posted by Porcelina at 2:31 pm on April 19, 2008 I looked into Stanford, never bothered to tour it or anything. I have heard from multiple people that it's actually quite a racist university. Not just many of the students are racist, but the institution itself. Obviously since it's an opinion it's biased, but I know of several people who have left the school because they felt completely unaccepted. -- Posted by HatesYou at 8:17 pm on April 29, 2008 i have a couple of friends that go there. it's a lot better than Harvard, so i've heard. the campus is beautiful, and not only will you learn alot, but you're bound to have fun as well. the weather's really nice, so that ties in with having a wonderful time while attending this school. you're making a really good decision in applying to Stanford. just make sure you keep your grades up. good luck! -- Posted by aeternus at 11:03 pm on May 4, 2008 It's a gorgeous campus, best looking I've ever seen. I don't go there, but definitely keep your grades up, and try to become involved in a lot of activities you like in leadership positions, and especially a varsity sport of some kind. It's ridiculously hard to get into. -- Posted by xcutioners at 12:50 am on May 12, 2008 It doesn't matter where you go to college. It matters what you want to do. Majority of the colleges are based on the name. Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, CIT, UPenn, GIT, MIT etc. it's all names =] -- Posted by PimpMyHoes at 4:13 pm on May 12, 2008 Quote: from xcutioners at 12:50 am on May 12, 2008 It doesn't matter where you go to college. It matters what you want to do. Majority of the colleges are based on the name. Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, CIT, UPenn, GIT, MIT etc. it's all names =] that is not true. each school is different. -- Posted by xcutioners at 3:24 am on May 13, 2008 Quote: from PimpMyHoes at 8:13 am on May 13, 2008 Quote: from xcutioners at 12:50 am on May 12, 2008 It doesn't matter where you go to college.    It matters what you want to do.    Majority of the colleges are based on the name.    Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, CIT, UPenn, GIT, MIT etc.    it's all names =]     that is not true. each school is different. It's true. Colleges don't guarantee a stable job in the future. They don't guarantee you will survive in society. MIT is popular for technicial, engineering.. Harvard is for law John Hopkin Univ is for pre-med, biology etc. UC Berkeley is for biology, computer science UC Davis is chemistry, biology, food science, agriculture.. -- Posted by PimpMyHoes at 9:11 am on May 13, 2008 Quote: from xcutioners at 3:24 am on May 13, 2008 Quote: from PimpMyHoes at 8:13 am on May 13, 2008 Quote: from xcutioners at 12:50 am on May 12, 2008 It doesn't matter where you go to college.     It matters what you want to do.     Majority of the colleges are based on the name.     Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, CIT, UPenn, GIT, MIT etc.     it's all names =]     that is not true. each school is different. It's true. Colleges don't guarantee a stable job in the future. They don't guarantee you will survive in society. MIT is popular for technicial, engineering.. Harvard is for law John Hopkin Univ is for pre-med, biology etc. UC Berkeley is for biology, computer science UC Davis is chemistry, biology, food science, agriculture.. better schools are better and provide you with better opportunities and networking -- Posted by xcutioners at 12:50 pm on May 13, 2008 Quote: from PimpMyHoes at 1:11 am on May 14, 2008 Quote: from xcutioners at 3:24 am on May 13, 2008 Quote: from PimpMyHoes at 8:13 am on May 13, 2008 Quote: from xcutioners at 12:50 am on May 12, 2008 It doesn't matter where you go to college.        It matters what you want to do.        Majority of the colleges are based on the name.        Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, CIT, UPenn, GIT, MIT etc.        it's all names =]         that is not true. each school is different.    It's true.    Colleges don't guarantee a stable job in the future.    They don't guarantee you will survive in society.    MIT is popular for technicial, engineering..    Harvard is for law    John Hopkin Univ is for pre-med, biology etc.    UC Berkeley is for biology, computer science    UC Davis is chemistry, biology, food science, agriculture..     better schools are better and provide you with better opportunities and networking Even if it's better, it doesn't mean there is the guarantee for a job employment. -- Posted by PimpMyHoes at 5:32 pm on May 13, 2008 there are never guarentees in life. but the outlook is much higher -- Posted by bryce101 at 10:48 pm on May 20, 2008 stanford is probably going to be more work than its worth. you will have that good name on ur job application one day, but a degree, is a degree. -- Posted by LudovicoTechnique at 9:33 pm on May 30, 2008 I went on a campus tour there once, I found it to be the nicest campus I visited. -- Posted by MrIndigo at 8:03 pm on May 31, 2008 Quote: from Porcelina at 2:31 pm on April 19, 2008 I looked into Stanford, never bothered to tour it or anything. I have heard from multiple people that it's actually quite a racist university. Not just many of the students are racist, but the institution itself. Obviously since it's an opinion it's biased, but I know of several people who have left the school because they felt completely unaccepted. I disagree. Stanford is probably one of the more friendly campuses you'll find here in the US. It's definitely a lot less racist than most of the universities around the country such as Colorado U. Stanford medical school is a very good one. Many of my friend's parents are doctors in Stanford Hospital and they are great people. Their medical program is definitely one of the top in the world. Just a note about applying to Stanford, a 4.0 GPA and a perfect SAT/ACT score will not guarantee an admission; in fact, most of the people applying there have that. You need to win some awards or published some science papers (YES! people in HS can publish papers!) to move you up a notch.   Once you're in though, the classes are insanely easy. The cutoff point for an A is usually BELOW a Standard Deviation above average. So yeah, you get to enjoy a solid grade inflation.