Living at Stanford
I've spent the past few months with a fascination surrounding "living at Stanford." That is, what is it actually like to live on the campus that I've dreamed* about for the past 15 years? Part of this obsession includes talking to Stanford students, and asking the same questions over and over again: "is Stanford really a bubble," "Do you find yourself off campus," etc. While I like gathering data, I also think that these questions are, in a way, self-fulfilling. What follows is a list of all the things I hope to do / think I'll do at Stanford during my freshman year. I'll check off items as I complete them!
- Go on a 50+ mile bike ride in the peninsula hills after class1.
- Join a cycling team / club.
- Visit another peninsula town after class at least 5 times. (0/5)
- Join debate.
- Fly, paid for by the school.
- Fly internationally, paid for by the school.
- Store a bike in my room.
- Store two bikes in my room.
- Work on a CS project with multiple people. (0/2+)
- Date someone?
- Make at least two friends who I would consider just as close as my closest high school friends. (0/2)
- Make something used by over 100 students. (8/100)
- Go Skiing.
- Join the Ski Club.
- Take golden-hour campus photos.
- Take a CS class.
- Skip the intro CS class.
- Carry a camera with me more often than not.
- Take the new Caltrain.
- On opening day?
- Begin the redacted process.
- Complete it?
- Study at the cantor.
- Go planespotting.
- Keep up with my high school friends2.
- Decorate Dorm Room
- Visit Every Building
- Catalogue Stanford Design
Decorate Dorm Room
I have a bunch of fun ideas here, but the main goal is to play around with Stanford's cardinal red. What pieces can work off of that? What colors can compliment it?
- Posters from SFMOMA
- Posters from the Cantor?
- Addressable LED lights
- Transit card collection (thanks Jerome)
Visit Every Building
The goal here is fairly simple: see every building on campus. Buildings are located on this map. Artful photography isn't the point, luckily. I need to be within 100m of the building for it to count.
Catalogue Stanford Design
I want to create a sort of catalogue of all the different ways that the Stanford brand is used in on-campus promotion. This can include the seal on campus buildings, brochures following Stanford's identity guide, etc. Checks off once I feel that I have amassed a significant collection.