<p>Let me just clarify what I mean by ‘competition’. Of course kids at Stanford are all striving and working for “A’s” but they aren’t cut throats. We heard horror stories about some schools where students will actually rip out pages from textbooks in the library so that others cant secure the information. Thats not something that happens in Stanford. On the contrary kids really work together. The atmosphere is one of collaboration. Everyone really helps everyone out. Many times throughout this year my S’s friends have told him of internship, research and academic club opportunities. There’s so many things available to the students that there’s no reason not to share. No one hogs things. Homework is always done in groups. Kids always help eachother out with Psets. Its beautiful to see how decent kids are to one another. We were extremely surprised and pleased. So thats what I mean by them not being competitive. Hope that clarifies things.</p>