<p>I can answer mainly about Stanford:
- don’t know
- Stanford has a stereotype for being stuck up!? I didn’t know that. Regardless, I think as a lower class Asian you will fit right in. Very few take pride in their wealth here at Stanford.
- Quarter system allows for a more varied year, more classes per year, and less classes per quarter. For instance many students will make their spring quarter schedules extremely light and compensate with mildly more difficult autumn and winter quarters. That cannot really be done as effectively in a semester system.<br>
- yeah 1.5 hours sounds about right taking Caltrain to Bart. It’s probably an hour drive or so, although this depends on traffic. You definitely won’t find hoards of students going every week to Berkeley. But you have a strong reason to, and if you are really devoted to her I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw each other every other day.<br>
- don’t know. It seems like Stanford physics has a lot of money though.<br>
- At Stanford most people love dorm life their freshman year, although afterwards it’s generally more desirable to live in a house. Tons of activities to do around campus. Far far too many to list. You name it, and there is probably someone doing it.<br>
- I don’t know. I’d visit both and see firsthand the answers to many of your questions.<br>
- Lots of students coterm. Basically you apply, get accepted (it seems like most students do) and start towards your masters degree your senior year.<br>
- Try to stay overnight at a dorm. Maybe drop in on a physics class, although I wouldn’t recommend checking out anything below the 60 series. Also maybe look around the physics buildings a bit and talk to students and possibly professors. Also be aware that Stanford will have other requirements for graduation, so it’s good to ask students about their opinions on these requirements. Try to absorb as much information as you can: going Greek, study abroad, activities, workload, etc.</p>