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As I said, visit Stanford and Palo Alto.  If you had you’d know it is an easy stroll and an incredibly lovely commerical area with theaters, shops, bars, bookstores, and some of the best restaurants in the country.  None of it “under the control” of the school.[/quote]
NP here. I went to Stanford undergrad and Harvard grad, and this is just silly. Downtown Palo Alto has nothing on Cambridge and the rest of Boston in terms of restaurants, shops, and nightlife...and the student dorms are very isolated from PA. The experience is nothing like stumbling out of Harvard Yard into the bustle of Harvard Square.

For whatever it's worth, I picked Stanford undergrad over Harvard, and I never regretted that decision. So this isn't about bashing Stanford. It's just that it's ridiculous to argue that Stanford is a comparable choice for someone who prefers an urban environment.[/quote]

I went to MIT and Harvard Square is pretty lame. Boston feels very provincial. If you are hung up on an urban environment, then you might as well choose Columbia. If I had the choice right now, I would probably pick Stanford over Harvard. Beautiful campus, gorgeous weather and close to SF and UC Berkeley. So fun. Especially for science and engineering - I think it has Harvard beat. I would also pick Stanford over MIT as it is probably more fun. MIT attracts a weird student body for the most part[/quote]

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