Is Stanford the new UChicago "where fun goes to die"? Inside Stanford's 'war on fun'.

Stanford has been like that for some time. The Stanford of the 90s is dead and gone.

No one is even pretending it's an enjoyable school anymore. You endure it to get the offers from Sand Hill Road.

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05/18/2026 16:08

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Theo Baker is a DC-area native and the child to NYT and NY Mag parents.

This article is just to drum up interest in his new book.

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05/18/2026 16:25

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford has been like that for some time. The Stanford of the 90s is dead and gone.

No one is even pretending it's an enjoyable school anymore. You endure it to get the offers from Sand Hill Road.

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05/18/2026 16:30

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Doesn’t sound the same at all. The whole Uchicago bit is that it’s so hard you can’t have fun. Just being bored isn’t where fun goes to die.

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05/18/2026 17:43

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Anonymous wrote:Grinder and you don't even get a reach around! classic

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05/18/2026 17:50

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Anonymous wrote:Theo Baker is a DC-area native and the child to NYT and NY Mag parents.

This article is just to drum up interest in his new book.

Just what the dying media needs, another nepo baby.

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05/18/2026 20:04

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The article is behind a paywall. Can someone who has access provide a summary?

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05/18/2026 20:06

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My kid just graduated and had a fantastic time!

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05/18/2026 20:10

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Anonymous wrote:My kid just graduated and had a fantastic time!

You’re so excited to contribute a meaningless comment!

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05/18/2026 20:22

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Anonymous wrote:Stanford has been like that for some time. The Stanford of the 90s is dead and gone.

No one is even pretending it's an enjoyable school anymore. You endure it to get the offers from Sand Hill Road.

I live and work near Stanford and know a lot of parents and students who attend. This is a very accurate take.

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05/18/2026 21:16

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I don’t understand how you can sit through classes and focus on dining and wining while your classmates are already starting companies and raising millions in seed funding.

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05/18/2026 21:22

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sometimes i feel like you moms use the uchicago name in the title of your posts as clickbait…then swear up and down that uchicago is this and that and irrelevant.

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05/18/2026 21:37

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OP here—our daughters played on different teams of the same huge club from 2023-2025. Both now play for different clubs. We were invited to the inaugural clinic and honestly impressed. All the clinics at St. Andrews are $$ because of the cost to rent the space. Check out Academy and MoCo for price comparisons.