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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I wonder what Stanford's vibe is like? Less stressed since it's on the west coast?[/quote]

Lolololol.  I think people on the east coast's impressions of the west coast are funny.  The bay area is an intense place, and Stanford kids are as intense as Harvard kids (it's pretty much the same applicant pool).

I think that a lot of people who are inclined to be perfectionistic and stress themselves out would do that regardless of where they are.  I would focus more on finding a school where your daughter feels like the vibe is a good match for her socially, academically, and on gut intuition over this other stuff about stress.  She'll figure out her own sort of balance.

Each new stage of life can be full of pressure and stress, and the pressures and stress are just different.  I went to a competitive high school, and was well prepared for college, but college was still extremely challenging for me.  I was well prepared for graduate school, but that was its own kind of challenge.  As you get older, you have more and more responsibilities and more to balance.[/quote]

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