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my stanford story is parking in the mall lot to try to dodge paying for parking one time and getting caught by the security guard so I had to park in the garage anyway also i didn't know anybody went there for tourist stuff lol wtf
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one of the more surprising things about stanford is that it is at heart a jock school stanford alums will proudly tell you that they have more ncaa division i titles (across all sports, not just football and mens basketball) than any other school: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_schools_with_the_most_NCAA_Division_I_championships
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Jun 5, 2018 21:08
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as a person that works with more than my fair share of cal and stanford alum, i am more than well aware 
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i knew a guy who was in the top-5 of fencing in high school and didn't make the 3-person stanford team because the top 3 were there they win the sears cup every year through a combination of blitzing every non-popular sport and nobody else really caring
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Jun 5, 2018 21:12
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lol if you care about the sports team where you went to school
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Jun 5, 2018 21:16
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i don't know why but i find the idea of stanford min-maxing that to be especially amusing and meta 
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Jun 5, 2018 21:18
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JawnV6 posted:i knew a guy who was in the top-5 of fencing in high school and didn't make the 3-person stanford team because the top 3 were there all i know about fencing is that my mom was on the caltech fencing team with david brin caltech, technically they have (had?) sports! http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-18/news/gl-3888_1_caltech-football-team
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keyboard vomit posted:lol if you care about the sports team where you went to school our womens' rugby and ultimate frisbee teams were really good 
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Jun 5, 2018 21:22
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i went to a community college because im a loving broke idiot moron
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Jun 5, 2018 21:23
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i think there was an official thing that said that stanford students were the least enthusiastic wrt sports in the entire div 1
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Jun 5, 2018 21:27
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bob dobbs is dead posted:i think there was an official thing that said that stanford students were the least enthusiastic wrt sports in the entire div 1 well yeah, whenever you head up to the northeast side of campus it's filled with fit, attractive people. best to avoid all that nonsense and get back to the EE labs
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Jun 5, 2018 21:31
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keyboard vomit posted:lol if you care about the sports team where you went to school lsu alum here and one of my fav profs used to refer to tiger football as a tumor feeding on the body of higher learning
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Jun 5, 2018 21:37
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:lsu alum here and one of my fav profs used to refer to tiger football as a tumor feeding on the body of higher learning i think he got that one backwards 
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Jun 5, 2018 21:40
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In my defense the University of Miami was a top-15 program when I attended, and Stanford had gone something stupid like 29 and 28 my senior year while i was being recruited. I am also from Florida and had no concept of the tech bubble or how Stanford would play out in regards to future career placement and all that kind of fun stuff and I am aware of now. I also thought Miami girls would be way hotter and my parents did not want me going across the country away to college If I could travel back in time the one thing I would tell my dumb teenage self would be to attend Stanford because I would have gotten out in like 12 or 13 in Prime bubble position The second thing I would have told myself would be to play soccer since I am one of the few non professional soccer players in my family. RIP
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Jun 5, 2018 21:46
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lol
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Waroduce posted:and my parents did not want me going across the country away to college this is why one of our interns turned down a full ride to swarthmore in favor of a partial scholarship at santa clara u lmao
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Jun 5, 2018 22:09
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it turns out you can make a shitload of money in "amateur" sports when you don't have to pay the players
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i remember one year all the tigers were given vespas and it became a joke to watch two ripped to hell dudes try to share one on the way to class later the paper only mentioned it in passing since the real scandal was that they were being given free rent condos near the stadium (which are typically built to be sold to wealthy foobaw fans who aren't interested in dropping that money on an RV to tailgate in)
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Jun 5, 2018 22:12
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a friend of mine got accepted by both MIT and caltech and then didn't go to either because his insane helicopter mom refused to have any part in it because she wanted to make him go to a closer school where she can still latch her claws into him forever he wound up going to the university of south florida instead. thanks mom!
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humb.le bragFCKGW posted:i went to a community college because im a loving broke idiot moron hell yeah
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Jun 5, 2018 22:21
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:i remember one year all the tigers were given vespas and it became a joke to watch two ripped to hell dudes try to share one on the way to class i appreciated seeing uf linemen sharing scooters
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Jun 5, 2018 22:23
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ate all the Oreos posted:a friend of mine got accepted by both MIT and caltech and then didn't go to either because his insane helicopter mom refused to have any part in it because she wanted to make him go to a closer school where she can still latch her claws into him forever yeah thats why i passed on that full ride to Reed and went to Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
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Jun 5, 2018 22:25
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:lsu alum here and one of my fav profs used to refer to tiger football as a tumor feeding on the body of higher learning oh yeah all that esteemed higher learning going on at lsu. This middle-bottom tier university used to MEAN something... but now?
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Jun 5, 2018 22:26
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please don't school shame
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Anal Del Raytheon posted:please don't school shame its ok i went there too
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Jun 5, 2018 22:28
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ADINSX posted:oh yeah all that esteemed higher learning going on at lsu. This middle-bottom tier university used to MEAN something... but now? eehhhhhh depends on the program most of the engineering departments are in the top quintile since it's apparently p beneficial to have the second largest chemical plant complex in the nation on your doorstep and nasa's rocket testing facility right around the corner. geology there is world-class too, for similar petrochemical reasons but yeah it's an agricultural university, you don't go there for a liberal arts education like rich people want
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Jun 5, 2018 22:35
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:eehhhhhh depends on the program Thats fair; but LSU was barely anything before huey p long tried to raise its profile with tiger stadium and increased focus on the football team. The only reason people have heard of it is football and its always been that way.
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Jun 5, 2018 22:36
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lol at school rankings tho
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Jun 5, 2018 22:37
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i got school shamed last time school chat came up but lol if your school hasnt been in any scifi movies also that pointy building is a piece of poo poo that is going to be torn down at some unspecified time in the future
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Jun 5, 2018 22:41
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:you can qualify for housing assistance there if your household income is under $250k jeeeeesus. looking forward to watching city governments and various essential services falling to pieces due to impossible housing costs.
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Jun 5, 2018 22:42
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my favorite thing is when a school is so desperate for rankings that they put a line in their brochure like "one of the top 17 journalism programs among northeastern universities!"
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Jun 5, 2018 22:44
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my high school made 'best 100 high schools in america' in like 1991 and they still had the article framed on the wall as late as 2012
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Jun 5, 2018 22:49
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just like how every movie needs to mention the rotten tomatoes score
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Jun 5, 2018 22:50
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Shaman Linavi posted:i know a dude that got in to stanford on a soccer scholarship and i never thought he was a real nerdlinger type dude. he was probably making more even if he was just on the phones or something - unless you've appeared on the front of a video game in the last three decades pay in the mls is worse than most lower-league english clubs
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Jun 5, 2018 22:50
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i went to stanford once to see a free photo exhibition about CRAY (the photos were interesting and I learned a lot)
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stanford's rodin sculpture garden is the largest in the nation of his works you can go see the gates of hell there
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Jonny 290 posted:my high school made 'best 100 high schools in america' in like 1991 and they still had the article framed on the wall as late as 2012 my high school won an award around the same time and the principal spent like 5 grand on a 30' banner with "A California Distinguished Scool" printed on it and nobody noticed until they hung it up
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:stanford's rodin sculpture garden is the largest in the nation of his works they have one at the legion of honor in sf too plus there's a great museum and land's end right there
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I want to the local equivalent of a community college, paid $600 tuition, walked out with a diploma and into a 70k job, now I have a cushy rear end middle management job where I make six figgies in a place where that buys you a comfortable lifestyle A++++ would fail out of pre-calc again
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i got my associates degree before matriculating the local middling state university. it’s one of the best decisions ive ever made and I thoroughly enjoyed it and got a lot out of it. go cougars/broncos!!!
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