Stanford hacks and little known facts
“You can get an email alias on Axess if you don’t like yours.” Jordan
“If you’re going to sign up with the alumni association, do it early. They give you free packing boxes at the end of the year.” Jordan
“Save your move-in boxes for the end of the year.” Yaya
“Guess what? Stanford has a free store.” Yaya
“Laundry dryers: If you hit the start button multiple times, you can get it to dry up to 90 minutes straight.” Yaya
Meal plan hacks
“You can use your meal plan dollars at not only Olives, Subway, late night, and The Axe and Palm, but also at the Alumni Café and The Market at Munger.
If you here, then click on My Account, you can get more meal plan dollars by decreasing your number of meal swipes.” Yaya
Academic hacks
“You can look at past and future course offerings by changing the year above the search bar on explore courses. Over the summer, I select the upcoming year and am able to plan my classes early.” Jordan
“Type the % symbol into the search bar on explore courses. All classes will appear, then you can filter them, by say, which UG requirements they fulfill or how many units they're worth.” Yaya
“Coursework -> more sites -> all my sites - This gives you access to material from previous classes you’ve taken.”
“You can see a lot of old syllabi on Syllabus.stanford.edu.” Phil
“Look into some athletic classes. Imagine how expensive such classes will be outside of college.” Yaya
“You can get an email alias on Axess if you don’t like yours.” Jordan
“If you’re going to sign up with the alumni association, do it early. They give you free packing boxes at the end of the year.” Jordan
“Save your move-in boxes for the end of the year.” Yaya
“Guess what? Stanford has a free store.” Yaya
“Laundry dryers: If you hit the start button multiple times, you can get it to dry up to 90 minutes straight.” Yaya
Meal plan hacks
“You can use your meal plan dollars at not only Olives, Subway, late night, and The Axe and Palm, but also at the Alumni Café and The Market at Munger.
If you here, then click on My Account, you can get more meal plan dollars by decreasing your number of meal swipes.” Yaya
Academic hacks
“You can look at past and future course offerings by changing the year above the search bar on explore courses. Over the summer, I select the upcoming year and am able to plan my classes early.” Jordan
“Type the % symbol into the search bar on explore courses. All classes will appear, then you can filter them, by say, which UG requirements they fulfill or how many units they're worth.” Yaya
“Coursework -> more sites -> all my sites - This gives you access to material from previous classes you’ve taken.”
“You can see a lot of old syllabi on Syllabus.stanford.edu.” Phil
“Look into some athletic classes. Imagine how expensive such classes will be outside of college.” Yaya