<p>Hey guys. I’ll be attending a “Discover Stanford” session in mid-February and I’m trying to find out what I should do after it’s over (9:30-11:30AM session). Realistically, I’m planning on having roughly three hours to explore the campus afterwords (sit in on classes, talk to random students, etc etc). If I intend, for the most part, on becoming either a CS, Literature/Journalism, or Business major, which classes should I try to attend? (standard general-ed classes would be ideal as well) It’ll be on a Friday, so courses will be limited to just that day’s offering of course. Also, since I plan on grabbing lunch afterwords at one of the many fast food restaurant places, which one would be “best” if I want to get an authentic taste of community life and the opportunity to speak with current students? I’ll go out on a limb here and assume that most places will be busy since it’ll be around 12PM by the time I get to whichever I decide on.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about the classes you’re interested in (though I will tell you I’m pretty sure there is no business dept at Stanford), but Tressider is always a hub of activity and where people will be getting lunch. Sometimes it’s even hard to find a spot to sit! You could also try the Axe and Palm.</p>
<p>Axe and Palm food isn’t very good, but it’s a good place to meet people and talk to students. I’d recommend the Treehouse (behind Tresidder), which is almost as good for the latter, and with much better food.</p>
<p>If you check out stanfordcourses.com, you can search for courses that you’re able to sit in on.</p>
<p>One specific course you might have some fun at is Sleep and Dreams, which is 11-11:50 in MemAud.</p>
<p>The only issue with that, is my tour “ends” at 11:30, so it would probably be out of the question unless there’s another session later in the day… Thanks for the link though, it’ll definitely be helpful.</p>
<p>Yeah, you’d either have to cut out early (which you could do if you’re bored) or show up to S&D late (which no one will notice or care much about if you enter quietly).</p>
<p>Definitely a possibility. As for the site that you posted about, how do you search specifically for open courses? I tried browsing the site, yet I only found lists of random classes.</p>
<p>Don’t worry, I won’t. I actually shouldn’t have written business anyway since I’m not too interested in it, but I guess since I had been looking into it before writing my post, it kinda slipped in.</p>
<p>CS 106A (Programming Methodology) is at 3:15-4:05 Friday in Hewlett room 200 if you want an introductory CS class.
Also try [Stanford</a> University Explore Courses](<a href=“http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/CourseSearch/browse]Stanford”>Stanford University Explore Courses) to search courses by department/day/time/etc and find out their schedule.
In terms of literature a friend liked ENGLISH 20 (Masterpieces of English Literature II: From the Enlightenment to the Modern Period) which is at 12:15-1:05 in building 200 room 30.
Business-like courses can be found in the MS&E department. MS&E 134 (Organizations and Information Systems) is at 2:15-5:04 in Y2E2 room 111.
An IHUM (Introduction to Humanities [or something like that]) is a general course every freshman must take. Heard good things about IHUM 40A (World Archaeology and Global Heritage) at 1:15-2:05 in building 260 room 12.
To find the classes, search the building name on this [Stanford</a> Google Map](<a href=“http://ucomm.stanford.edu/map/]Stanford”>http://ucomm.stanford.edu/map/). Good luck and have fun! Like Sly Si said don’t worry about coming late or leaving early. People won’t mind (especially in the big lectures).</p>