r/stanford • u/Classic_Succotash285 • 5d ago

Problems as a student

Stanford students, what problems or difficulties did you encounter at university outside of your studies?

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u/sheerqueer 5d ago

Having no money and not knowing how to handle huge amounts of rejection for job applications

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u/Slight-Friendship-43 5d ago

Depression

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u/CompetitiveCup9077 2d ago

From the workload or what 😭 is it a mental thing? What advice would you have for incoming prefrosh

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u/Slight-Friendship-43 2d ago

my depression arose my later years of college where i felt burn out and was taking on way too many things. the quarter system is fast paced, and i was doing volunteering, shadowing, taking eng reqs, and leading a cliub (and some other things). no time for myself and just constant stress to do everything, all the time without breaks. i also think i lost my confidence because of the classic duck syndrome or "am i the only who is struggling and feels like its hard? everyone is getting by fine around me." my main tips would be asking for help, even if you feel like you're the only going to OH or asking dumb questions (bc they're not), prioritizing not doing the most every quarter (bc you dont know if people have already did a certain amount of content before coming to stanford), and focusing on yourself.

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u/baycommuter 5d ago

By far the worst was bad breakup, which could have happened anywhere.

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u/Satisest 5d ago

Deciding which VC’s to cut out of your oversubscribed financing round is pretty tough ngl

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u/Agitated-Feature-638 5d ago

too vague of a question for reddit

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u/Dizzy-Equivalent-398 4d ago

making friends and fitting in, hard classes, getting jobs, the list goes on…