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- [Sam] I'm Sam Clark with Crimson Education,
and it's summertime here at Stanford University,
and we are here to ask some summer school students
some big questions.
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- [Man] The teachers,
teachers and students you meet here.
It's unlike anything I've been to before.
- [Man] I think the dorm experience is really fun.
I get to be around friends all the time.
It's really fun.
- [Man] Same thing.
- [Sam] What's the best part of it?
- [Man] Well, off the top of my head right now,
I'm going to say being able to spend time
with all these lovely people that we don't get
to see in person very often otherwise,
and also playing a frickload of ultimate frisbee.
- [Sam] Those are both great answers.
- [Woman] Probably all of the people here, yeah.
Every time I walk into my dorm I see
everyone just being so happy.
- [Sam] Great.
- [Man] Yeah, it's got to be the company.
There's never a boring conversation.
- [Sam] Wonderful.
- [Man] Absolutely.
I mean, most of us really came here for the academics,
and we thought the courses were
gonna be what would draw us in most
but it turned out the people we ended up meeting,
just the vitality that exists here is incredible.
- [Man] The people here are a different caliber.
It's something else.
I've never seen anything like it
and I'm really enjoying the people, for sure.
- [Sam] Amazing.
- [Man] For me, just experiencing completely different
culture of university in the U.S.
It's totally different to university back home
in the U.K., which I wasn't expecting.
I kinda came here just to study at Stanford
and get that experience, but actually,
what's been the most interesting to me
is how different it's been.
- [Sam] Mmhmm.
What are some of the biggest differences?
- [Man] It's not big differences, it's just lots
of little things, just the lifestyle,
the student nightlife and culture, that sort of things,
is very different to back home.
And also just living on a campus university, as well.
So lived in a house with some friends off-campus,
as do most people at my university, and living on-campus,
having everything in one place is very nice.
- [Sam] Great.
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- [Man] Eating Panda Express before lunch every single day.
- [Sam] (laughs) Okay.
A lot of Panda Express, okay.
- [Man] Yeah.
- [Man] I come from Arizona and they've had more rain there
this summer than we've had here, so definitely the weather.
It's a little dry.
- [Man] Yeah, this weather is terrible.
(woman laughs)
It's very nice if I didn't like rain.
- [Sam] You like rain, okay, fair enough.
- [Man] I definitely miss my friends back home.
And my family, especially, because I have a lot
of siblings and I miss them.
- [Sam] Got it.
- [Man] There have been a lot of elements, like classes
and, of course, being under stress.
- [Sam] Sure.
- [Woman] The showers.
- [Sam] The showers, okay.
- [Woman] All the classes - [Woman] They're too long.
- [Woman] Yeah, three hours.
- [Sam] Oh, wow, okay.
- [Man] Having to work over the summer.
- [Sam] Sure, sure.
- [Man] Having deadlines and finals that be over the summer,
definitely, but it is what it is.
- [Sam] Sure, sure.
- [Man] Probably the food at FloMo.
(people laughing)
- [Sam] Is that, like, a laugh of agreement?
- [Man] Yeah, the food at FloMo is not very good.
- [Sam] Bad, bad.
Agreed?
- [Man] Can confirm.
- [Sam] Alright, okay.
- [Man] I mean, at least it's better than Wilbur.
We had that (mumbles) food in 2013.
- [Sam] Got it, got it.
- [Man] Yeah, Wilbur food is not the best.
- [Sam] Okay.
- [Man] The worst part?
Honestly, there's not many bad parts, currently.
It's easy to get around.
I haven't had a bad experience.
- [Sam] Great.
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- [Woman] I'm, actually, writing mine about an experience
I had at a summer camp when I was 11-years-old.
- [Man] I'm probably going to include
some of my experience here in my common app,
but, for the most part, I'm gonna be writing about
my experience in rock climbing.
That's sort of my thing.
- [Man] A lot of different ideas.
One of which is ultimate frisbee.
(man laughs)
- [Sam] That's a good topic.
- [Man] Good job, Corbin. - [Man] Yeah.
- [Man] Yeah, it's going to be about friends
and what I care about in life and needs more thought.
- [Sam] Needs more thought.
Okay, you've got time.
You've got time.
- [Man] Last summer, I had the opportunity to bike
across America from Oregon to New Jersey,
so I'm probably going to write about that trip
and the experience I had coast to coast.
- [Man] And I have no clue what I'm gonna write about.
- [Sam] Great, great.
...your common app essays about?
- [Man] No, no.
- [Sam] Okay, great.
Anything to add?
- [Man] Came out today.
The campus everywhere, it's so spacious and beautiful.
I've been working in an internship over at the event center
for the last two months and, just like,
being able to be here all day and, like,
walk around and see stuff.
It's just like, holy crap, this place is beautiful.
Can I live here, please?
- [Sam] Are you guys from Harvard?
- [Man] I went to Harvard and Ian went to Harvard.
- [Man] I don't know.
It's just been a really cool experience, I think.
- [Sam] Great.
- [Man] Yeah, yeah.
- [Sam] Go Stanford?
- [Man] Go Stanford. - [Man] Go Stanford.
- [Woman] Yes, yes. - [Man] Fear the tree.
(talking over each other)
- [Man] Best time of my life. - [Man] Woo!
- [Sam] Thanks so much, guys.
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- [Sam] Finals are pretty rough, huh?
- [Man] (whispers) Yeah.
- [Sam] It's okay.
It's okay.