StanFord

Stanford (a.k.a. Leland J. Stanford Junior University, a.k.a. Green Circle) is a university in (gasp!) Stanford, California (wait, I thought it was in Palo Alto...). It has a (not-so-)friendly rivaly with UCBerKeley, mostly centering on the BigGame? and some dealie involving an axe that vaguely resembles the CalTech? cannon stuff. For some reason, this year it has had a fairly decent football team. Home to several ex-Mudders (at least 3 from the class of 2001).

• Stanford is located in Stanford, California. Palo Alto is the adjacent suburb, which is built entirely on Stanford land. If memory serves, Palo Alto originally was where Stanford built homes for professors to live and then they just continued to sell the land to the city. This means you end up with Stanford (which I want to say is 94306) and then Palo Alto (94301 and 94303) but no one really bothers to distinguish between the two --MacKenzieStuart, Palo Alto High School, Class of 2003

Best thing about Stanford: 10 units is a full load.

Worst thing about Stanford: Class times not standardized between departments, so trying to fit a class outside your department into your schedule can be very difficult.

Comic description of grad student life: [Piled Higher and Deeper].