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<p>Stanford’s humanities programs are strong across the board (with the exception of the arts, as previously pointed out, but I don’t know if you would necessarily group those with humanities). All the humanities classes I’ve taken here have been excellent, with the exception of IHUM. (Maybe one way to increase student interest in the humanities would be to get rid of IHUM. It’s so poorly taught that it’s no wonder students are put off by the humanities if that’s their first exposure to the field here.) The humanities professors here are top-notch–they really care about teaching, and are always available to help students. </p>
<p>So academically, I don’t at all regret coming here to study humanities. I just wish the culture were more respectful towards students who study the humanities. I’m not familiar with other colleges, but I get the feeling that east coast schools don’t have this problem with the fuzzy/techie divide. </p>
<p>There are places here where you can seek out more humanities-inclined students, however. SLE is great for that, and in retrospect I wish I had chosen do to that in freshman year instead of IHUM. I hear Stanford is planning to expand the SLE program in the near future so that it can accomodate more students. (Although, SLE students are negatively stereotyped by everyone else on campus. This is probably another symptom of the lack of respect for humanities here.)</p>