Well, California family here with three generations of Stanford. And Stanford is shit these days precisely because of Silicon Valley. But if Silicon Valley is your thing, go for it. Cold, soulless, and corporate - that is Stanford in 2025. |
This has to be an actual joke |
when did stanford actually become totally consummed by tech? |
I’ve lived in the Bay Area ( including Palo Alto when I was a student at Stanford) and had kid recently at Yale, can confirm New Haven is a terrific food town. I see why some people are impressed by Stanford campus, I certainly was when I first arrived. It lost its allure for me pretty quickly, especially once I saw Berkeley. I think people who love Stanford will probably also swoon over Princeton ( both in wealthy suburban enclaves) but that’s not the environment everyone wants. Based on my DD’s experience I’d take take Yale all day of the schools you mentioned |
New Haven is nowhere near the level of food culture in SF, this is just ridiculous. Look I get that New Haven has a few good pizza spots, but let’s not get delusional over it. |
You’re right, NH does not equal SF. But it’s also way way more than “a few good pizza spots.” That’s just silly provincialism. FWIW Palo Alto doesn’t equal SF either. |
Dp but I’m not sure why this is even brought up since college students eat out at most a couple times a month. This has almost nothing to do with the schools. |
| Yale fell behind by not doing STEM. It’s that simple. |
Palo Alto is far from SF |
| I don’t really get it. Food in New Haven isn’t that good, maybe people here don’t travel much? It’s good probably for a college student who would eat anything. |
It's good if you like pizza. |
| OP, when did you first year the term Silicon Valley? |
| Stanford campus does look Taco Bell. |
It's still an ok school tho |
My kid was accepted to Stanford, Yale and Harvard (MIT and Princeton too). Was still deciding between Harvard, MIT and Stanford hours before the deadline to commit. They are very happy at Harvard. |