Great You're on Campus! Frosh Checklist

University Bill (Should have happened before you got here. )

Get internet connection setup. Or you probably wouldn't be reading these.

Language Placement Test

Chemistry Placement Test (if applicable)

Met with Academic Advisor and Peer Mentor

AP/IB/Transfer Credit submitted to Registrar (should have been done over summer)

IHUM lecture and section are set

PWR quarter and section are set (if applicable)

Introductory Seminars are Applied for.

Health Insurance waived (if applicable)

Classes have been enrolled on AXESS

Books have been purchased

Class locations have been mapped out

IHUM - IHUM is short for Introduction to the Humanities. It's a three quarter humanities track that is split into a 1-quarter fall class and a 2-quarter winter/spring class. Most of you should have an IHUM assignment by the time you arrive on campus, but if for any reason you don't just go to the IHUM website here: http://ihum.stanford.edu

All IHUM classes consist of two lectures and two sections per week. Lectures are taught or co-taught by profs while sections are led by Teaching Fellows (TF), normally postdoctoral fellows. Clyde is in fact leading one of the IHUM sections for Fall. Ask him about it, he also sits on the IHUM governance board so he's really up to date with what's going on for the program. Most of the class offerings have changed since the staff were freshmen, but we may able to give you an idea what to expect.

If you've been assigned to a different IHUM than the one you really wanted and feel it's absolutely necessary to change, go here http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/ihum/students/index.html. The petition to change your IHUM is made available at 5pm Friday, September 22nd after you've had a chance to meet with your Academic Advisor and possibly your Peer Mentor. At that point, you can request to change both the IHUM class (lecture component) as well as the section time. Each IHUM lecture class is paired with around 10 breakout sections, and you'll need to find a lecture and section time within a single class that you can attend. Make sure you choose a lecture that cannot conflict with your other classes, and then choose your section from there. Section petitions are easier to accomodate than lecture and section petitions. Also make sure you only rank section times you know you can make. You don't have to fill every line. The people who run IHUM want to make sure you're in the class you want to be, but you can only be switched in if someone switches out. If you file a request to change anything about your IHUM assignment, the petition results are updated every 12 hours at 8am and 8pm, so check back on the website before you leave for class. Attend the class the computer tells you if you're still sitting on a petition you haven't heard back from. Come see me in room 147 if you have questions.

I've noted that IHUMs on topics you tend to gravitate towards naturally are normally a better fit, though it's sometimes hard to distinguish the theme of an IHUM (Old World Encounters is mostly history) To reiterate, "the best IHUM is the one you think will be the most interesting."

You choose your Winter/Spring IHUM towards the end of Fall. There will be an IHUM fair, usually held in Wallenberg Hall with Pizza and various kiosks about the next courses. Some may even show you syllabi or courseload. Most of the fall courses have winter/spring cognate courses that continue the same theme. This is really nice, because if you decided that you didn't like your fall course, you can opt for something completely new. Alternatively, if you really enjoyed the fall class, you can take a similar course in winter and spring.

If you get anything from this part, remember this: THERE IS NO "BEST" IHUM. Honestly, it will be easier to write three 6 page papers on a topic you enjoy than two 4 page papers on a topic you have no interest in. You have to take one to graduate, so you might as well make yourself as comfortable as possible.

PWR - Most students, minus SLE kids, take two quarters of PWR - Program in Writing and Rhetoric. This is Stanford's writing program for all incoming students. You take one quarter in your freshman year and one quarter (usually) in your sophomore year. The first year is primarily writing focused, while the second tries to concentrate on visual and oral communication. The intent of the class is to teach you how to make a coherent argument, regardless the context, which is a pretty useful skill in other classes and life in general. The quarter you're assigned to should be on the front page of your academic packet that you picked up at check-in (Has the bulletin in it). If for some reason you have no way you can fit PWR into the quarter you have it, you can change the quarter here - http://pwr.stanford.edu/courses/, but it's a hassle and you may run into the same problem next quarter. An easy solution to this is to plan your IHUM and/or PWR before you choose your other classes. If you absolutely have to change your PWR quarter because you can't fit it into your schedule unit-wise due to some drastic schedule inflexibility you must go to the PWR website before Friday 7pm to do so. Talk with your Academic Advisor first.

Once you know what quarter you have, check the class options in the booklet included in the packet and perhaps talk with Nancy and Clyde (Branner RF's) if you can't decide, since they both have a fair amount of familiarity with PWR lecturers and classes. Nancy, in fact, is teaching one in Branner! Go to http://pwr.stanford.edu and rank your preferences. There isn't any guarantee you'll get into your 1st choice, but go to the class you're assigned to for the first meeting (normally, for most classes with waiting lists, you go to the class you want to be in but this is an exception!) They told us in training, "Go where the computer says you should go" at least until the change switches over. Another important point: If you miss any of the first three sections of whatever PWR you're in, you will be dropped from the class and someone else will take your spot, so go to class!

Currently, when you arrive, you are not assigned to a PWR section. You need to go to the PWR website and rank up to 7 sections that could possibly fit your schedule. You do not have to fill all 7 lines and don't put down a class you know you can't make.

If you are dissatisfied for scheduling reasons with the assignment that comes up, you get to enter the PWR lottery! While not as exciting as it sounds, you can go to the PWR website, specifically http://pwr.stanford.edu/courses/ fill out the petition and they'll try to fit you into the class you want, since people who were in you're first choice may transfer out, opening up a spot for you. This also has no guarantee since each class is capped at 15 students, but sometimes it's worth a shot. Most PWR classes are broad enough that your first, second and third choices are likely to be considerably related in content. If you still need to change your PWR after you meet with your Academic Advisor, the petitions open up at 3pm Sunday, September 24th. You submit a new list of up to 7 preferences and will hear back by 9pm the same day. There are three more petition rounds occurring Monday Tuesday and Wednesday (Sept 25-27) Each day, the petitions are due at 5pm, and you'll see the results posted by 7pm that same day. After Wednesday 5pm, go see Art Palmon (Bldg 460 Rm 223) at the PWR office for further changes.

If you can help it, try NOT to shop around several PWR and IHUM sections/classes since it ends up being a fairly decent headache in the end. Be wise in your initial decisions and be open-minded as well.

IntroSems - Introductory Seminars - Introductory Seminars are offered by several professors and are open to freshmen and sophomores normally on a topic they have a special interest in. Freshmen have priority for freshmen seminars and sophomores have priority for sophomore seminars meaning you can still get into them, but only if there are open spaces left after the priority class gets assigned. If you share that interest, you should check it out, because you may find a great potential advisor. These are one of the few classes that actually has an application. IHUM and PWR have randomized order of assignment and most classes don't enforce enrollment limits. The application is straightforward and can be filled out here at http://fsp.stanford.edu. The application is due at 5pm Friday, September 22nd and the results are posted on 8pm Sunday, Sept. 24th. (If your application says "Unreviewed" at that time, it just means the professor is slow and that you should attend the first class meeting where they'll give you more information.) There is normally a short essay component. Be honest with why you're trying to get into a class and rank them by the topic, not by who teaches them. High profile professors are not always the best lecturers or section leaders! You will be much better off ranking the class that you have more interest in first than the one that will have 200 other applicants. Many profs don't even look to see whether you have their class ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Four of the courses have 1 extra question at the discretion of the prof.

If you get on the waiting list of a class, attend it anyway to see if people drop it and you get let in. Some take the whole waiting list, some take none. This is up to the prof's discretion so you still may not get in.

IHUM, PWR and IntroSem Posting Schedules

IHUM Posting Schedule

Change Request Submitted                                    Results Posted Online
Between Fri. 9/22, 12 pm and Sun. 9/24, 5 pm            Mon. 9/25, 8 am

Between Sun. 9/24, 5 pm and Wed. 10/4, 5 pm              8 am and 8 pm Mon-Thurs
                                                                                   as well as 8 am, 12 pm, and 4 pm on Fri. 9/29

All petitions are processed within 1-2 posting periods. If you do not see a change in your IHUM assignment within 24 hours, it does not mean that your petition was ignored. We were simply unable to accommodate your request. If you still need to change your section, you can submit another petition - in the first week and a half of the quarter there is a lot of movement between courses and sections and we may subsequently be able to grant your petition.

IHUM Student Calendar


Thursday, 31 August
"IHUM 101" assignments for all IHUM students' study lists are sent to the Registrar.

Tuesday, 19 September, 8 am
IHUM course and section assignments are posted on the IHUM website.

Friday, 22 September, 12 pm
Course and section change petitions become available to students.

Monday, 25 September, 8 am
First day of fall quarter.
New assignments based on existing petitions will be posted on the ihum website at http://ihum.stanford.edu/students/.

Monday 25 September - Wednesday 4 October
IHUM course and section assignment changes are posted twice daily on the IHUM website, at 8 am and 8 pm, Monday-Friday.

Wednesday, 4 October, 5 pm
IHUM course and section change petitions close. After this time students may no longer petition to change their IHUM course or section.

Friday, 6 October
IHUM course and section assignments are sent to the Registrar and will be processed within 1-2 business days. IHUM 101 will be removed from student study lists' and specific course and section assignments will be added.

Sunday, 22 October
Drop deadline.

Tuesday, 14 November, 6-9 pm
Open house for winter/spring IHUM courses, in Wallenberg Hall (building 460).



PWR Schedule for Processing Change Requests

Tuesday, September 19, 12 noon: Section Preference Form opens on-line. Follow the links on http://pwr.stanford.edu/courses to view section descriptions and submit preferences.

Friday, September 22, 7 p.m.: Deadline to submit Section Preference Form.

Saturday, September 23, 7 p.m.: Section assignments are posted on this web page.

Saturday, September 23, 7 p.m.: Petition to Change Section Assignment Form opens on this web page.

Sunday, September 24, 3 p.m.: Petition to Change Section Assignment Form closes.

Sunday, September 24, 9 p.m.: Petition to Change Section Assignment results are posted. All previous petitions are erased. Petition Form re-opens until 5 p.m. Monday.

Monday, September 25: Instruction Begins. Attendance of your assigned PWR section is mandatory for all of the first three class sessions. Failure to attend will result in an automatic drop from the section.

Monday, September 25, 5 p.m.: Petition to Change Section Assignment Form closes. Results are posted at 7 p.m. All previous petitions are erased. Petition Form re-opens until 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Tuesday, September 26, 5 p.m.: Petition to Change Section Assignment Form closes. Results are posted at 7 p.m. All previous petitions are erased. Petition Form re-opens until 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Wednesday, September 27, 5 p.m.: Petition to Change Section Assignment Form closes. Results are posted at 7 p.m. If you still need to change your section assignment, please come to the PWR office (460-223) during our regular office hours.

Thursday, September 28: Students with PWR scheduling conflicts should come to the PWR office in Building 460, Room 223 from 8 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

Thursday, September 28: AXESS updated. Current section assignments are posted to the AXESS study list.

Thursday, October 5: FINAL AXESS update. Final section assignments are added to Fall Quarter study lists.


Introductory Seminars

Applications will be reviewed by professors and should hopefully be posted by Sunday night. However, some profs aren’t as timely as others and you may see “Unreviewed” under your application status come Monday morning. If that’s the case, attend the Introductory Seminar anyway. The prof will finish reviewing the applications soon.

Introductory seminars that haven’t been filled will be posted on Axess for enrollment (the regular way, as if they were any other class) on Monday September 25th. They will also be posted in the Stanford Daily campus newspaper.

 

Using the Bulletin - The Bulletin is released every year and tells you which classes are offered, a short description of each, and the quarter they are offered. Many are offered more than one quarter. The bulletin is arranged first by school, then by department alphabetically. If you can't find the class you're looking for, check the index to be sure you're looking in the right school (CS is in engineering). Typically, Freshman focus on broad introductory classes to get acquainted to a large discipline (i.e. PoliSci for Social Sciences perhaps) or will start with courses that are part of a core (Math 51 or Chem 31a/x) Here is a short list of large introductory classes that may give you a better picture of what to look for. They're designed to help you pick out possible majors or at least inform you about the general core of the field.

Math 42, Math 51,52,53 Physics 41,43,45 Chem 31a/b/x, 33, PoliSci 1, Linguistics 1, Psych 1, CS 106a/b/x, Engineering 14, ME 101, Econ 1a/b

Using the Time Schedule - The time schedule is used in tandem with the bulletin. These come out quarterly and tell you when and where each class is offered. This can tell you whether your classes conflict, in which case you'll probably need to choose a new one from the bulletin. This is also organized the same way as the bulletin, but additionally has IHUM's, PWR's and Introsems times and locations. This year, as a new feature, Interdisciplinary Depts have all their cognate courses included under their same heading. This makes things much easier if you are, for instance, shopping Symbolic Systems courses and are trying to decide between something like CS106a or Psych 1. They're all listed together (as well as in their respective departments).

Some of you have noticed that there is a blank slot below certain classes such as Chem 31x. Most say "MW 7-8:30" or something similar. This is not a second lecture time. It is when the midterms will be held, so try not schedule other classes during those evening times.

PWR classes are listed under "W" for "Writing and Rhetoric, Program in" To find your PWR section number, match the time and prof on the PWR website with the section number in the Time Schedule.

1-Unit Lecture Series and Colloquia

These may help you test out a department without investing a whole lot of units in a core class like Math 51 or Chem 31x

 

How to Find Your Classes - You'll probably see that many of your classes have a five or six digit code for the location in the form 420-040 or 50-51h. This means it is either in the quad or the buildings immediately behind the quad. The first three digits are the building number. The quad buildings are numbered clockwise from the front. The inner quad consists of buildings 1-110 and the outer quad is buildings 120-460. Building numbers higher than 460 are in the engineering buildings behind the quad. Here is a map of this region. Quad Map

The second two or three digits are trickier, since some quad buildings have different numbering schemes. Here is a short list of the schemes I've come across.

420-040 = Building 420, Floor 0 (basement), Rm 40.

160-330 = Building 160, Floor 3, Rm 330

50-52h = Building 50, Floor 2, Room 52h

 

Getting to other places on campus - The residences at Stanford are arranged along three main arms stemming from White Plaza and heading East, West and South. Branner, Wilbur dorms, and Stern dorms are all on Escondido Rd heading East from White Plaza (NE corner) Roble, Lagunita Dorms and FroSoCo are all on Santa Teresa Dr. heading West from the Plaza. The Row and Florence Moore dorms are mostly situated directly South of White Plaza on Mayfield Ave or Campus Drive.

Here is a brief overview of common lecture halls.

Cubberley - Cubberley Auditorium is in the School of Education building directly across the street from the Pigott (Language) Corner of the quad. It's the SE corner and says Engineering even though it is currently the Language Corner. Cubberley is through the doors right at the entrance to the Education building.

Kresge - Kresge is located on the back half of the law school. Go to Meyer Library and head up the hill through the arcades of the Law School. The entrances to Kresge are just past these arcades.

Annenberg - Nearly impossible to initially find, this auditorium is located in the basement of the Art History building, near Dohrman Grove and the History Corner of the Quad (Bldg 200). You'll see steps outside in the building's courtyard. Head down there and the doors to the room are towards the right.

Campbell Recital Hall - In the Braun Music Center on the side closer to Tresidder Student Union.

420-040 Basement of Psych Building (Bldg 420) Enter from the back.

420-041 Hard to find. Go to 420-041, but follow the hallway past the vending machines and left around the lecture hall. Turn left at the "T" and you'll see a short corridor with room 041 marked.

Hewlett 200 - Gigantic, On Serra Mall near Gates and Packard. Older Students may refer to it as TC-SEQ.

Gates B04 - Basement of Gates Computer Science Bldg - Use the doors directly on the corner of the building facing the fountain.

Braun Auditorium/Lecture Hall - To make matters more complicated, Braun Auditorium and Braun Lecture Hall are nowhere near Braun Music Center. These lecture halls are behind the Gates CS building and the Physics lab modulars - Also known as Mudd 101

Skilling - Ride or walk along the back edge of the quad along Escondido Rd until the ground slopes up. Skilling is in front of you.

Terman - Terman auditorium is actually accessed from the outside of the building from the breezeways and plaza around the large pond/fountain.

Getting Academic Help on Campus

Professor Office Hours and Teaching Assistants (TA's) - Go to them! If you're stuck or even if you just want to chat, most profs really do like to meet with students and help them. Check the syllabus of the class for their office hours. Also, many list their email and phone numbers if you have a quick question about a paper prompt or a due date. Don't be afraid to contact them! It takes such little effort and can save so much agony.

Resident Tutors - Don't let tutoring feel like a stigma. It's not. Tutors on campus are great and really helpful. I've used them many times and they are just wonderful. There are Resident Tutors stationed around in various dorms and each has a number of subjects they've been trained to address for the freshman. Soumo in Room 297 specializes in Biology and Chemistry and my friend Tony Pan (also an RT) is over in Cedro 314 and he covers Math and Physics.

Department Tutors - Each department will have upperclassmen and graduate students that can handle the more obscure subjects if you need help. Just go to the department website to find out their office hours.

Stanford Writing Center - Guess What! Clyde heads it! The SWC has many training faculty, grad students and undergrad peer writing tutors that will help you make the best paper, resume, journal submission etc. that you can. They're in the basement of Building 460 (Margaret Jacks Hall) Make either a 30 minute or 60 minute appointment here - http://swc.stanford.edu

Drop-in Tutors - Got a paper or problem set due tomorrow? It's currently midnight? These guys can help big time. They drop in to various dining halls around campus in the evenings and help kids with their work. Check the Center for Teaching and Learning Website for their schedules. http://ctl.stanford.edu

Oral Communication Tutors - Got a presentation or interview coming up? OCT's specialize in the visual and oral presentations and will help you tweak and hone your project to fit the exact environment you need. In the past I have found them very useful and insightful. Since all of you will have a PWR presentation at some point, consider checking them out and making an appointment with them at http://ctl.stanford.edu/Oralcomm/tutoring.html

Academic Athletic Resource Center - Advising for Student Athletes - They work with your coach, profs and parents so that you don't get burned out. Especially useful if you have an exam or midterm scheduled while traveling. Email Ronit here rystahl@stanford.edu for information.

Deadlines

Perhaps the most important part of my job. Every quarter there are certain registration deadlines that roll by that you need to be keenly aware of.

Deadlines are almost all at Sundays 11:59pm. They are hard deadlines. You miss it, you are dead. Hence, deadline.

End of	Deadline - Description	Autumn	Winter	Spring
Week 2	Study List - Must have at least 9 units registered on Axess (You need to average at least 12 to stay off probation, and average 15 to get 180 units in 4 years FYI)	Oct 8th	Jan 21st	April 15th
Week 3	Add Deadline - After this, you may not add classes to your study list.	Oct 15th	Jan 28th	April 22nd
Week 4	Drop Deadline - After this, it becomes extremely hard to drop classes from your study list.	Oct 22nd	Feb 4th	April 29th
Week 6	Change of Grading Basis Deadline - Last chance to decide between Pass/No Pass and a Letter Grade	Nov 5th	Feb 19th*	May 13th
Week 8	Withdraw Deadline - Last chance to withdraw from a course (Will have 'W' on transcript)	Nov 19th	March 4th	May 28th

*Due to President's Day, this deadline is actually a Monday

Exams and Dead Week

When planning classes, make sure that their exam times don't conflict. The final exam schedule can be found on the back of the Time Schedule. It is possible to take two classes offered at the same time, but only if it is okay with both professors and one doesn't have a final you have to sit for. Otherwise, they would most likely have their finals at the same time. It's also a big headache - speaking from experience.

When you know you have a midterm or final coming up, it may be useful to even just set aside a small amount of time, well in advance, just to go through all the materials you've collected during the class and determine what's relevant. Reviewing the key topics is also a good pre-studying activity that can be done in only a few minutes.

Don't waste dead week. It isn't called dead week because nothing is happening! It's called dead week because you will have classes during the week as well as class projects and any non-exam final work due during this time. Be sure to save time to study for exams you need to sit for.

Lectures vs. Seminars

Lectures are big and anonymous, seminars and small and involved. You will begin to see what you like more and will schedule your classes accordingly. Keep an open mind. Even though techie classes tend to be lectures and fuzzy classes tend to be seminars, techie seminars and fuzzy lectures are not uncommon by any means. Discover what fits your style of learning.

Study Skills and Locations

Trying to find a balance is always easy to say, but pretty hard to actually accomplish. Explore at your own pace, feel free to ask around if you find yourself bored. Speaking in general terms, stay on top of academics, but still budget some time to have fun. Going to a campus party will not make you academically unsuccessful and studying will not make you a social outcast.

Here are a few good places around campus to study:

Bender Room

Lane Reading Room

Jonsson Reading Room

CoHo

Main Quad

Library Quad

Meyer Library

Math Library

Grad Community Center - 2nd floor

Stern/Lag Late Nite

Women's Community Center

LGBT-CRC

LINX

CCSR (Way across campus)

Off Campus:

Happy Donuts

Coupa Cafe

Cafe Barrone

Starbucks (Serra and El Camino)

Starbucks (University Ave)

Time Management

Even things as simple as keeping a ToDo list or an appointment book will keep you on top of things much more efficiently. If you find yourself having time management troubles, contact Adina Glickman at adinag@stanford.edu She's the academic coach on campus and specializes in helping students become better... well... students. She's a wonderful resource even if you're a straight-A students.

AP, IB and Transfer Credit

So every year, fewer and fewer AP's are accepted. Here's a link to the registrar's website: http://registrar.stanford.edu/pdf/AP_Chart_2006-07.pdf

http://registrar.stanford.edu/students/academics/adv_place.htm

If you filled out the form in Approaching Stanford, and sent your AP scores to Stanford over the summer, you should be set.

For transfer credit, the process is a little more involved. First, access this form: http://registrar.stanford.edu/pdf/xfer_credit_request.pdf

Then, make sure you fit all of the requirements and have an official transcript sent from the registrar of the school where you took the classes to the Stanford registrar. They'll process the form, and hand it over to the relevant academic department (i.e. Math) to review. You will notified of the various steps and may have to run the registrar materials over yourself. Once the department clears the form, you have successfully transferred the credit. Introductory classes, such as Math 42 or 51, tend to transfer very easily, especially if it's a class that is not unique to Stanford. For instance, Intro to Organic Chem is easy, but EE418 Topics in Neuroengineering may not be as painless.

You can transfer as many units as you want into Stanford for prerequisites (proof that you've taken a Calc class for example), but only 45 units can count towards your degree at any time.

Dealing with Parents

At some point, your parents will want to have some contact with you, normally via phone. Please call them, let them know you are still alive, perhaps taking PWR this quarter. If you at any time feel that your parents are ever putting undue pressure on you to succeed here at Stanford, talk to the Freshman Dean's Office (FDO). This is where Dean Julie and Jim Kim work and it's a large part of their job to act as parent-student liaisons. They offer role playing if you're thinking of springing an "unexpected" or "unacceptable" major on them, as well as issues like homesickness, depression etc. http://frosh.stanford.edu/

GER's

In the interest of giving its students a well-rounded education, Stanford utilizes the General Education Requirements system to ensure that students don't become too focused in one track. The GER's are listed in the Bulletin as well as online here. Classes will generally list the GER they satisfy, if any.

Courseloads

Most students at Stanford take between 12 and 20 units. You need 12 per quarter (technically 36 over your three most recent quarters) and you can't enroll for more than 20 academic units (You can petition to take 21 if at least one of the units is an activity, like Yoga) For your first quarter, it may be wise to shoot for a happy medium around 15. That seems to be the sweet spot.

The number of units a class is listed as may not correspond to the amount of work you will be given. There are plenty of one unit labs that are tougher than 5 unit seminars. Engineering classes tend to follow this rule to the greatest extent and you may find that your 3 unit CS class is harder than your 5 unit IHUM or 4 unit PWR.

Four Year Plans

Don't worry too much about these yet. I'll fill in more when people start coming to me about declaring. You basically sit down and figure out which courses you need to take over the next four years to graduate. Not a big deal at this point in time.

Ways to get to know your Profs

This can be tough for many students. Not every prof is incredibly approachable, but an overwhelming majority are extremely kind-hearted people that like to get to know their students.

Approach them after class. Like something about a lecture? Jot it down and ask them about it after class. Especially if it's esoteric or rather complex to explain. This way you get your question answered without using class time. Plus you talk with the prof one-on-one. Good Deal.

Take an Introductory Seminar or Sophomore College. These are small seminars with rather well-known professors on campus that can provide you with a great potential advisor. Profs that offer Introsems explicitly want to interact with frosh and sophomores - this is why they offer these types of classes.

Go to office hours. Even if you don't have a pressing problem, coming to them with questions about their research or their department will most likely produce a good conversation.

Email. Profs do check it and can answer quick questions about extensions, prompts, deadlines, and any number of other resources. Some even are up at the same ridiculous hours you are and may respond back in near real-time. One word of caution, don't ramble, just stick to the point. They are busy people and like to interact with students, but can't read endless paragraphs of fluff.

Faculty Nights. I'm hosting three this year and the dining hall pulls out all the stops to impress them with culinary delectables. I even get invitations printed! It literally takes 30 seconds to ask them and very few will turn you down. They're leaving campus for the day right around dinner and need to eat somewhere!

Keeping Balance - Trying classes outside your Major

Don't think that you have to take every class in your department to be successful after college. Explore and take classes that interest you. Especially now since you have a large amount of time to do so. More to come.

Escaping the Bubble

 

IDM's

Interdisciplinary Majors

PreMed

PreLaw

PreBusiness

Engineering

Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

Geological Sciences

Humanities

Fine Arts

Links to Everything Imaginable

 

CDC

OAE-DRC

Haas Center

JAO

Diversity

Stanford Language Center

Registrar

Majors and Declaring

Coming soon

Overseas Studies

Coming Soon

Research

Coming Soon

Summer Internships/Research

Coming Soon

Sophomore College

Coming Soon

Links to Useful Places for Freshmen

http://axess.stanford.edu - Use Axess to Add, Drop, Withdraw and Change the Grading basis of classes, as well as manage financial and transcript info. Many departments allow you to declare on Axess. Note: IHUM and PWR are not registered through Axess!

http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm - Searchable Campus Map

http://coursework.stanford.edu - Coursework - Many of your classes will host online materials here

http://ihum.stanford.edu - IHUM Website - Use for Lecture and Section Change Petitions

http://pwr.stanford.edu - Program in Writing and Rhetoric Website - Use to enroll in or change you PWR section and quarter

http://fsp.stanford.edu - Freshman Sophomore Programs - Application for Introductory Seminars Here

http://frosh.stanford.edu - Freshman Dean's Office - Student-Home Life, Contact with Parents and general adjustment to college

http://uar.stanford.edu - Undergraduate Advising and Research - Help with Pre-professional tracks, deciding on a major, choosing classes, as well as research on campus.

http://ctl.stanford.edu - Center for Teaching and Learning - Academic Help, Academic Coaching, Time Management and Study Skills

http://drc.stanford.edu - Office of Accessible Education - DisGo Golf Cart Service, Disability Access, Office of Accessible Education, Learning Difference Screenings

http://swc.stanford.edu - Stanford Writing Center - Get help on a paper or resume at any step in the process

http://registrar.stanford.edu - University Registrar - Online Bulletin and Time Schedule, Transcript Requests

http://cdc.stanford.edu - Career Development Center - Internships and Summer Jobs

http://haas.stanford.edu - Haas Center for Public Service - Alternative Spring Break - Volunteering Opportunities - Grants for Service Projects

http://socrates.stanford.edu - Stanford Libraries' Online Catalog - Check here for book and DVD loaning

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/academic_calendar/ - Online Academic Calendar

http://arts.stanford.edu - Arts at Stanford

http://osa.stanford.edu - Office of Student Activities - Links to Student Groups