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By Gender  | | Male | B+ | | Female | B |
| By Major | | Aerospace Engineering | B | | Archaeology | A | | Art & Design Department | A- | | Biology | B | | Chemical Engineering | B+ | | Chemistry | C | | Civil Engineering | B- | | Computer Engineering | A- | | Computer Science | A- | | Economics | B+ | | Electrical Engineering | A- | | Engineering Department | B | | English | C | | Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | B+ | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | C+ | | Linguistics | B+ | | Math | C | | Mechanical Engineering | A- | | Nuclear Engineering | B+ | | Other | B | | Philosophy | B | | Physics | A | | Political Science | B+ | | PreLaw and Legal | B+ | | PreMed and Medical | A- | | PreVet and Veterinary | A+ | | Psychology | A- | | Public Policy | A- | | Religion/Religious | B | | Social Work | A+ | | Undecided | B+ | | Zoology | A |
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Quotes touching on Social Life | “... I loved Stanford, although my experience, at least the social side, was a bit different than many ...” |
| “... Most of the idiots that go here never worked a day in their life or suffered through hardships, yet they think they know about issues such as the...” |
| “... ) and discovered the social scene to be the most pathetic junior high school soap opera imaginable ...” |
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“... I will share my criticisms in list form:
Lack of idealism - Lack of committment to service and activism - Pre-professionalism
Stanford is n...” |
| “... I loved my department, but after a while academic satisfaction wasn't enough to overcome my deep dislike of the Stanford social scene ...” |
| “... The requirements at that time allowed a student to take only 7 courses in humanities and social sciences, and take all the rest in technical are...” |
| “... Stanford does a stellar job of selecting friendly, outgoing, relaxed, well-rounded and social students ...” |
| “... Stanford is the best place for you if you're determined to take advantage of every opportunity (academic, extracurricular, social, professional), ...” |
| “... Social scene and drinking get old fast ...” |
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As for social life, ethnicities stick to themselves (asians, internationals, etc ...” |
| “... On the negative side, Palo Alto shuts down around 6 pm, the campus is like a bubble that people refuse to leave, there is little or no social li...” |
| “... My sense is that most Stanford graduates have done better socially, financially, and in terms of career than I have ...” |
| “... I should have "stopped to smell the roses" more often and worked harder at developing social networks ...” |
| “... It lacks some of the typical college party atmosphere that some students are looking for, but we have our fun, and you have to create your own s...” |
| “... Despite my slight anxiety coming in, it turned out to be easy to meet people, make friends, etc; the social environment is very open and friendly...” |
| “... Techies (engineering, natural sciences) and fuzzies (social science, humanities) have a very different experience with the school--there is resp...” |
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The campus social scene is pretty dull, and Palo Alto, unfortunately, is good for nothing more than a cup of coffee and a trip to Borders ...” |
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