I've lived in the Bay Area for years & I have yet to meet a chill Stanford student. They're all, and I mean every last one of them, pretentious d-bags. ESPECIALLY the ones I knew in high school who declared from the beginning that if they get in, they're definitely going to Stanford, come hell or high water. Someone prove me wrong?
Palo Alto Bro wrote:
I've lived in the Bay Area for years & I have yet to meet a chill Stanford student. They're all, and I mean every last one of them, pretentious d-bags. ESPECIALLY the ones I knew in high school who declared from the beginning that if they get in, they're definitely going to Stanford, come hell or high water. Someone prove me wrong?
Yes
Did you like your four years at UCSD?
And 1/2 turn out like Gabe Jennings. They teach their own form of morality which turns many minds to mush.
Yes. I met your dad once.
I know two really chill people that went to Stanford, and only one pretentious D-Bag. But, I met them when they were in their 30's or 40's. So maybe it wears off after a decade or so.
Two of the most humble people I have met are PhD's from MIT. I worked with both of them for years before someone told me about their amazing credentials. I said something about how smart each person seemed, and another coworker said, "Yeah, no sh!t. He's got a PhD from MIT."
Unfortunately, the loud mouth that brags about his degree from Stanford holds the highest job title among them all. There is something to be said for self-promotion if you want to climb the corporate ladder faster.
I went to Stanford for undergrad and I'd consider myself not to be a dbag. Came from a modest middle class background. But then again,
1) dbags are everywhere, even amongst those who go to community college
2) Stanford doesn't have a higher proportion of dbags than the general populace. In fact, I'd argue that Stanford people are generally "nicer", at least on the surface.
HTH
How much do your parents make and how much did you pay and what were your test scores?
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How much do your parents make and how much did you pay and what were your test scores?
1st gen immigrant, parent income combined was 80K, I had 30K of AID / yr.
1550/1600, 800 X 3
It's a myth that Stanford or Ivy's are expensive to attend. They provide the most financial aid. I would have paid the same amount going to Berkeley (as in-state) as Stanford.
If you really attended, you should have received nearly a full ride with that income. And no, there is no myth. They have a calculator right there on the website. For people making a decent living, it costs $70k per year to attend.
Not everyone is, but the percentage is certainly higher there and at the Ivies than at your run of the mill state school.
Note, this was in 2002 when it only cost 35k to attend Stanford
You don’t count then. The hipster movement didn’t start until 10 years ago and democrats didn’t become idiots until around the same timeframe. Stanford used to attract truely smart normal people. Grant Fisher is in a very small minority these days.