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guccigirl
Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:30:13 +0000

@thatangryasian‌ What you seem to be referring to is duck syndrome which TONS of people have questions about. To keep my answer short, yes it exists, I experienced it a lot particularly last quarter. But, it isn’t as bad as it seems. I think once you figure out a nice balance between school work, social life, clubs/activities, etc. you start to enjoy things more. I don’t know too much about the resources available to help, but they defintely exist. For example: http://web.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/cgi-bin/academicskillscoaching/why-does-the-duck-stop-here/
I also know there is a program that lets you schedule an anonymous appointment with a trained student who you can talk to about your struggles and problems. In short, duck syndrome is there but it’s manageable. Lots of people experience it, and they get through it together!

Just to help out:

@DominicBayer‌ Don’t know much about the history department, but I can tell you party dorms vary from dorm to dorm. All frosh dorms tend to be the party dorms. Upperclassmen housing and four class/theme houses are generally quieter but still have occasional parties. The rest of the partying is generally left to the row.

@drblack‌ Getting to SF is not hard at all by train or car, but not many people do it because there’s generally not much reason to. But if you want to, it’s completely possible on weekends.