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My sister went to Stanford and hated it. Sure it’s a nice area if you’re well off but it’s not really college student friendly and housing is sky high.

Hmm. Unless your sister had a family of toddlers and had to get a big apartment, that doesn't sound right. I'm ancient, and when I went you had three years guaranteed campus housing. Soon after I am pretty sure it is four years of on campus housing, precisely because off campus housing is high.

I don't think the Stanford area caters to Stanford undergrads, but its friendly to them. Probably has to do that there is a relatively small percentage of the population that are undergrads in the area, unlike a large state school. The Stanford area is about tech professionals, grad students, think tanks, and then maybe undergrads as a distant fourth.

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Posted by EKG

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Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:53 pm to oman

My BFF whom I grew up w in Houston (born and raised in The Great State) played softball on scholly for Stanford.
She loved much about the experience, but it wasn’t her jam.

She graduated and then moved to NYC, where she interned (non-paying) for Dave Letterman.
She then got a job with the CBS Morning Show w Paula Zahn and the bald guy (can’t think of his name?).

She wanted to earn her MBA but was homesick as hell for Texas.
So after applying to Harvard, A&M, Yale, UTex, and a few others, she came back home to Texas.
All schools to whom she applied said where you intend to work is where you should do your grad work.
She chose UTex.

She’s now as high in her job as she can be here in Houston—and her company wants her to move internationally.
It won’t happen (she loves Texas).
But she’s grateful for the start that Stanford gave her.
It was just another world and not her tribe.