Social Diversity?

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<p>I agree with many of the posts already made. OP. From reading your other queries, I get the impression you are looking for any sign of “weakness” from schools like S, H, and Y…I see that you posted identical questions to H and Y’s threads (as shown below) but decided to pose a completely different question on Stanford’s thread rather than posing the same honest question as you did for the other two schools…why is that?</p>

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Jobs after Harvard
Imagine I get into a school like Harvard (however difficult that may be). I have an interest in finance, and would like to go into a field like hedge funding, investment banking, venture capital, etc after college. However, after college, I want to live and work in California, not somewhere on the East Coast. How much better off would I be going to a school on the West Coast than attending Harvard? In other words, do those West Coast financial companies just recruit from Stanford and other such schools, or do they also come to the East Coast?

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Jobs after Yale
Imagine I get into a school like Yale (however difficult that may be). I have an interest in finance, and would like to go into a field like hedge funding, investment banking, venture capital, etc after college. However, after college, I want to live and work in California, not somewhere on the East Coast. How much better off would I be going to a school on the West Coast than attending Yale? I love everything about Yale (except the weather), and it is a perfect fit for me academically and socially. In other words, do those West Coast financial companies just recruit from Stanford and other such schools, or do they also come to the East Coast?

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<p>To answer your question about athletes and athletics at Stanford…you must understand Stanford’s reputation and tradition in the world of ACADEMIC college athletics…there is no equal…Olympic medals won…Director’s cups won…many in professional sports…and most importantly, many of these STUDENT-ATHLETES become very successful CEOs of major corporations, investment bankers, hedge fund managers, venture capitalists, physicians, attorneys, engineers, computer scientists, entrepreneurs, and professors…no different than many top student-musicians, student-artists, student-dancers, student-writers, etc who go on to similar careers…</p>

<p>…you have to give them credit (where credit is due)…unlike many of the other academic peers…which frequently have to settle for “good to mediocre” athletes with “excellent” academics…Stanford seeks “great” athletes with “excellent” academics which is even harder combination to FIND/MEET…</p>

<p>…and, as in all variety of EXTRACURRICULAR activities…those who are passionate about that particular activity (sports) will usually hang around those who are similarly inclined…as in musicians, artists, debaters, entrepreneurs, inventors, community activists, writers, dancers, political junkies, etc…</p>

<p>…by the way, there is NO social division or hierarchy among the athletes and the rest of the student population…the athletes feel just as comfortable around the computer/engineering geeks as musicians feel around the athletes…after all, many athletes also play an instrument or vice versa…most students have the utmost respect for each other’s unusual talent(s)…whatever it may be…and that’s how it should be…don’t you agree?</p>