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Stanford University Students Tell It Like It Is
Full Moon on the Quad
On the night of the first full moon in fall quarter, tradition has it that freshman females and senior males come out onto the Quad and kiss at midnight. Over the years, the tradition has degenerated into all freshman and seniors making out, often under the influence of alcohol. Residents from the co-ops usually come and streak the event. Sophomores, juniors, and even grad-students may show up, too. The administration is trying to do away with this tradition.
It's traditions like this one that make the college experience unique. Don't you want to make sure you know everything about what attending Stanford will really be like before deciding it's the school for you? The College Prowler guidebook to Stanford will make you feel like an insider before you ever set foot on campus. There's so much about a school that only the students can tell you, so make sure you have an idea of what Stanford is really like before you make your choice!
Stanford Fun Facts:
* Stanford's campus is a whopping 8,180 acres, only a third of which is heavily developed.
* Stanford contains a winding network of underground steam tunnels. Most of the openings have been sealed off, but it is a popular undergrad pastime to find the few unsealed manholes and explore the system illegally at night.
* Stanford's land contains SLAC, a two mile, linear accelerator operated by Stanford for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Find out if Stanford truly has something for you, straight from the students' mouths. Visiting campus isn't enough.
Read our Stanford University guide and discover what it feels like to be on campus for 4 years.
Discover if Stanford is Right For You.
Stanford University Students Tell It Like It Is
Full Moon on the Quad
On the night of the first full moon in fall quarter, tradition has it that freshman females and senior males come out onto the Quad and kiss at midnight. Over the years, the tradition has degenerated into all freshman and seniors making out, often under the influence of alcohol. Residents from the co-ops usually come and streak the event. Sophomores, juniors, and even grad-students may show up, too. The administration is trying to do away with this tradition.
It's traditions like this one that make the college experience unique. Don't you want to make sure you know everything about what attending Stanford will really be like before deciding it's the school for you? The College Prowler guidebook to Stanford will make you feel like an insider before you ever set foot on campus. There's so much about a school that only the students can tell you, so make sure you have an idea of what Stanford is really like before you make your choice!
Stanford Fun Facts:
* Stanford's campus is a whopping 8,180 acres, only a third of which is heavily developed.
* Stanford contains a winding network of underground steam tunnels. Most of the openings have been sealed off, but it is a popular undergrad pastime to find the few unsealed manholes and explore the system illegally at night.
* Stanford's land contains SLAC, a two mile, linear accelerator operated by Stanford for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Find out if Stanford truly has something for you, straight from the students' mouths. Visiting campus isn't enough.
Read our Stanford University guide and discover what it feels like to be on campus for 4 years.
Discover if Stanford is Right For You.
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While writing our series of college guides, we felt it was critical that our content was unbiased and unaffiliated with any college or university. We think it s important that our readers get honest information and a realistic impression of the student opinions on any college campus that s why if any aspect of a particular college is terrible, we (unlike a campus brochure) intend to publish it. While we do keep an eye out for the occasional extremist the cheerleader or the cynic we take pride in letting the college students tell it like it is. We strive to create a college guide that s as representative as possible of each particular campus. Our guides cover both the good and the bad, and whether the survey responses point to recurring trends or a variation in opinion, these sentiments are directly and proportionally expressed through our guides.
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When reading our guides and looking at our college rankings, keep in mind that every college is different and that the students who make up each college are not uniform as a result, it is important to assess colleges on a case-by-case basis. Because it s impossible to summarize an entire college with a single number or description, each guide provides a dialogue, not a decision, that s made up of 20 different topics and hundreds of student quotes. In the end, we hope that this guide will serve as a valuable tool in your college selection process. Enjoy!
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- PublisherCollege Prowler
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1427401373
- ISBN 13 9781427401373
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages180
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