I was intimidated by Stanford and its academic culture at first, especially in engineering.
It can get really hard core, plus Stanford engineers are some of the best and brightest, in my opinion. I think by going through SSEA, I found that there are pathways that make engineering very accessible and that there’s a lot of collaboration between students, and the faculty are very approachable. SSEA has made me feel like I will have a great support system through whatever engineering pathway I take.
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