What I'll miss about Buckley

Studying at the library everyday
Eating in the Senior Courtyard
Listening to the falling water and the birds at the pond
The very cold mornings and warm afternoons
The free milk in the coolers
The free chocolate milk I just started to like this year
Running on Gilley
Buckley Cross Country
Advisory and snacks every year
Listening to music for an hour every day on the bus
The underclassmen and lower/middle school kids
The small classes
Not the student lounge
The seniors

What to do before College

Summer
Work on a part-time job
Go to the beach
Go hiking
Sleep
Go to Knotts Soak City with the family
Read my Kurt Vonnegut collection of novels book
Do morning jogs
Learn to drive if I don't learn before summer
Do Stanford SPOT(the week before NSO)
Visit Stanford NSO( New Student Orientation Week)

NSO
Get to know academic advisors
Sign up for introductory seminars
Visit each part of the campus where departments are located
Learn more about the classes I want to do
Get to know other freshmen!

What to Take to College

What to take                                                                 What to Buy
1) Laptop                                                                     1) Mattress
2) A few books                                                            2) Beany chair
(especially the few I bought while visiting colleges)    3) Bike*
3) iPod                                                                         4) U-Lock
4) Sandals                                                                    5) Stanford blanket
5) The Simpsons frames                                              6) Lots of shorts
6) Frisbee                                                                     7) Umbrella
7) Favorite pillow                                                        8) Mini fridge
8) Gameboy                                                                 9) Power strip
9) PS3?                                                                       10) Laundry Basket
10) Rotating Chair                                                      11) Lamp
11) Camera                                                                 12) Bookcase & Desk?
+Plus clothes and personal hygiene items/essentials...

*Stanford offers bike packages for new students
What to do
1) Explore every corner of the campus (Bike everywhere)
2) Bike and jog different paths in the morning
3) Get to know the transportation system in Palo Alto
4) Take the train to San Francisco and explore for the whole day
5) Explore the underground steam tunnels
6) Shop at the Stanford Mall
7) Eat at every dining hall
8) Go to SPOT (Stanford Pre-Orientation Trips)
9) Join a club that involves something I have never done (Taiko Club?)
10) Go to El Centro Chicano events
11) Get to know academic advisors
12) Take a nap on a field

Exploring the College Catalog

For a part of the general education requirements at my college, five courses must be completed of which each must be of different subject area. These subject areas are Engineering and Applied Sciences, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and the Social Sciences. This block is referred to as Disciplinary Breadth. Another part of the requirements is the Education for Citizenship, which can be satisfied by completing two courses in different subject areas. For E.C, the subject areas are Ethical Reasoning, Global Community, American Cultures, and Gender Studies. Though the E.C. and D.B. are different, the E.C. can be satisfied if the courses taken for D.B. also are courses in subject areas related to E.C. For the writing requirement, two levels of writing and rhetoric requirements exist for undergraduates.  Every student must complete each level of writing by completing a course of writing and rhetoric with the designated level.
   For the next two years, I would be interested in taking AA100: Introduction to Aeronautics and Astronautics, ME 12N: Jet Engine, two courses that would help me become more familiar with the Aeronautics and Astronautics Major I would like to pursue and that meet the general education requirements.
For humanities, I would like to take Polisci 3P: Justice and Publpol 103B: Ethics and Public Policy, both courses that offer me a new perspective of political science, an area that I haven't really focused much on.
For math, I would probably take Math 51: Linear Algebra and Differential Calculus of Several Variables, which I heard can be very difficult, or at least time consuming, and Math 53: Ordinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra, which has Math 51 as a prerequisite and is a requirement for an AA major.
For the Social Sciences requirements, I would take Econ 1A: Introductory Economics A and Econ 1B: Introductory Economics B, both popular courses that I would like to explore and that offer interesting perspectives on a powerful presence in civilization.
 For natural sciences, though I am not very interested in that subject, the courses EESS 38N: The Worst Journey in the World: The Science, Literature, and History of Polar Exploration and GES 1A: Introduction to Geology: The Physical Science of the Earth sound very interesting.