<p>It depends heavily on what classes, and how many of them, you take. In terms of workload and units, I would say there is almost no correlation between them, if not a negative correlation, at least for what I’m studying (math and computer science). Think about this: CS 106A (an intro class) is 5 units, so it’s supposed to be 10 hours of outside work. However, because it’s easy (if you’re a math/CS person), you can get it done in only 4 hours or so. But take an advanced class (which are generally 3 units), and it will take 6 hours (or possibly even more).</p>
<p>Compared to MIT/Caltech, I’ll just say this: If you want to take a lot of classes and have as much work as an MIT/Caltech student, you can do that. If you want to just take it easy, you can do that as well. Stanford gives you a lot of flexibility.</p>