Harvard or Stanford

exultationsy
Mon, 02 May 2011 18:20:24 +0000

Looking at the other aspects of the school’s, I’m not really sure which one has an edge. I really like Harvard’s more urban campus and the housing system. I liked Stanford’s campus (how could you not?)

I actually kinda hate Stanford’s campus. I grew up near there, and had some bad experiences there when I was pretty young. (I thought it was magical! A few events proved that it was not. I don’t really like Silicon Valley weather, either.)

I think you should just wait, as you seem to sort of know. You won’t be able to make this decision until (when/if) you get off the wait-list. The one thing I would definitely advise against is taking a spot on the z-list, if it is so offered. I have nothing against the z-list sometimes: one of my friends was headed to Bowdoin and strongly considering a gap year anyway when Harvard offered to take her. That pushed her over the edge on the gap year, and Harvard and Bowdoin are very different places. Harvard and Stanford? Meh. Not worth the extra year if you weren’t going to take it anyway.