Stanford = most stressful college?

Stanford2014
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:19:41 +0000

Stanford is pretty stress-free compared to her peer institutions. Sensibly, colleges don’t post statistics. From my limited experience, relatively speaking:
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MIT = highest suicide/depression rate (or up there). They even mentioned it on the tour.

Harvard = high suicide rate, some too competitive (i.e. they were “bred for Harvard”).

Princeton = Senior/junior papers, isolated town, and grade deflation = high stress

Yale = New Haven is a stressor to some. Killing of woman on wedding day led to, obviously resulted from, stress.

Stanford = heard of the “duck syndrome,” yet the kids I know that go there say that’s false. Last suicide I know of the occurred over three years ago, and it was someone who had spent far more time at MIT than Stanford (5 years to 1)…

But yes, those 50 are probably the most stressful, because that’s the nature of being the best in your field.