Stanford Academics

Freshman Year Social Life:

Trying to get beer at frat parties, playing beer pong. Very liberal policy at Stanford where RA's are more hands off in enforcing no underage drinking, although because of a consistent stream of hospital visits for alcohol poisoning, this may change in future years.

 Sophomore Year:

Some frat parties, hanging out with the close group of friends you made freshman year, exploring off campus more frequently. If you're into co-ops, co-op parties (way better than frat parties).

Junior Year: Mostly hanging out with close group of friends + off-campus activities. Hosting room parties.

Senior Year:

Often more focused on academics, honors thesis, graduate school, find a job, etc. But also a lot of fun senior events to attend (formals, Pub Night). Summary: Stanford is really social, you won't lack for opportunities to party here.

The Questions for you.

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 Sophomore Year:

Some frat parties, hanging out with the close group of friends you made freshman year, exploring off campus more frequently. If you're into co-ops, co-op parties (way better than frat parties).

Junior Year: Mostly hanging out with close group of friends + off-campus activities. Hosting room parties.

Senior Year:

Often more focused on academics, honors thesis, graduate school, find a job, etc. But also a lot of fun senior events to attend (formals, Pub Night). Summary: Stanford is really social, you won't lack for opportunities to party here.

Common Knowledge

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Faculty Resources

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The total number of instructional staff teaching the 7,087 undergraduate students at Stanford University is 1,647 . When this is adjusted to account for those with part-time status, the result is the "full-time equivalent" (FTE) count. Using the FTE count for students and staff results in a "student to instructor" ratio of 5 to 1 which places Stanford University among the best concerning instructional attention.

For every instructor (FTE) at Stanford University , there are 5 undergraduate students (FTE). This ratio is among the best regarding instructional attention.

91%

The vast majority of the instructors (91.0% ) are full-time.

68%

The majority of instructors (68.0% ) are "faculty" rather than "lecturers".

99%

The vast majority of the faculty (99.0% ) are full-time.

3%

A slim percentage of the faculty (3.0% ) are adjuncts (not in the tenure system).

Faculty

• 2,276 faculty members

• 17 Nobel laureates are currently members of the Stanford community

• 5:1 student to faculty ratio

Campus

• 8,180 contiguous acres

• Nearly 700 major buildings

• 97% of undergraduates live on campus

Research

• 6,800+ externally sponsored projects

• $1.63 billion total budget

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Diversity

• %86 Diverse

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