Tufts or Stanford?

ariesathena
Wed, 01 May 2013 14:10:14 +0000

What bothers me is that being uncomfortable on a Stanford visit is not typical. That implies that the OP is not your typical kid. Yet people appear to be dismissing her feelings and justifying it by the fact that typical people are happy at Stanford. That makes no sense to me.

Well, yes.

There is also a balance between finding a place that you are totally comfortable in, and finding one that will push you to grow as a person. Some people aren’t ready for it by age 18; others are.

I will also say that the OP is probably underestimating the importance of economics in international relations and women’s studies - or at least does not understand how they can interact. In law school, I learned the most in my policy-related classes wherein I disagreed with the professor - probably because I was hearing the best that ‘the other side’ had to offer, then digging down deeper to challenge it or temper my own beliefs.