<p>emperor550 i have talked to you before. Me and you are both from long island and I will be attending Stanford next year. ill try to answer some of your questions. life in palo alto is totally different than where you live now. its just so much happier and laid back. i didnt visit the school before I was accepted but I visited it before I made my decision. I got into Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Duke, Georgetown, Cornell, and many others but Stanford’s awesome campus and laid back feel was too perfect for me to pass up. I will return home once a year for christmas and thats about it. My parents fought alot with me to go to Yale but they didnt understand how perfect stanford is for me. I think its the best undergraduate experience ever and i explained that to them. I dont think applying from new york hurts or helps. any more questions you can just im me. My screename is Hermes2623</p>