<p>well, i’d rather bike 10 minutes in Cali weather than walk 5 minutes in Princeton/MIT/Harvard/Cornell weather… i know people that go to those schools, and they tell me their hands are almost freezing off this time of year, even with gloves. </p>
<p>so i guess it’s somewhat of a drawback for Stanford, but it’s more or less neutralized when you compare it to most other elite schools.</p>