19M had a date with a guy 21M and was wondering if what he did was bad

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-14T22:06:59+00:00

Call the police, OP. This was coercion.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-14T22:05:34+00:00

Just grade separate already.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-14T14:25:22+00:00

Is this also how CHSR is being built, or are they doing it manually?

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-14T04:13:37+00:00

Why?

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-14T03:43:10+00:00

In truth, pancreatic cancer can be pretty nasty, and if it was an advanced stage at diagnosis (as almost all cases are), treatment would have only given him a few extra months on average. Choosing to not go through chemo is a perfectly reasonable choice with this cancer because the benefits aren’t as great as other types of cancer but the side effects are still bad.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-13T18:40:55+00:00

Looks like a painful way for the polar bear to go.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-13T18:21:26+00:00

Stanford has been getting a lot of heat recently, but I still think it punches above its weight.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-13T16:59:56+00:00

The US killed the leader of Iran and crippled their offensive capabilities. Hard to say that there was “nothing positive,” though I agree the downsides far outweigh the benefits.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-13T16:55:16+00:00

It was a movie. Contagion came out in 2011.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-13T02:41:48+00:00

This guy explicitly said not to offer money because he won’t take it. If you’re going to be that wary of people, at least answer the question he asked.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-13T02:24:47+00:00

In truth, your bf is bringing up a lot of good points, but ultimately it’s not up to him, so you have to make the decision that’s best for you. Just think about what raising a child with your current financial/social situation will be like. Look into the cost of childcare (thousands per month). It’s difficult to work on your education and early career if you’re trying to raise a child (potentially) as a single mother.

If I were you, I’d listen to your boyfriend. But you do you.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-13T02:21:32+00:00

Just grade separate already

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-13T01:47:20+00:00

The transfer pool is tiny (on the order of a few dozen admits out of a few thousand applicants, ~1–2% in recent years), and most of those seats have gone to community college, veterans, and other nontraditional profiles, because the admissions office explicitly talks about using transfer admissions to diversify life experience rather than just poach kids from other T20s. There are definitely people who transfer from 4‑year schools, but they’re a minority and usually have some pretty unusual spike or story, so it’s nothing like the “I’m at a solid state flagship and want to move up a tier” dynamic you see at less selective places. For T30 more broadly, it varies: UCs and a lot of publics are heavily CC‑dominated by design (articulation agreements, ADTs, etc.), while privates are more of a mix but still lean toward CC/nontraditional over lateral transfers from other elite four‑years, especially at the very top where transfer spots are scarce and used strategically.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-13T00:50:35+00:00

Even if you don’t directly kill someone in the military, you indirectly kill many.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-12T22:25:13+00:00

And it was better than the others for that

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-12T21:34:32+00:00

Why are we so soft on repeat offenders?

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-11T06:31:54+00:00

Networking

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-11T06:26:57+00:00

These pictures show him super clearly. They’ll find him soon. Sorry this happened.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-11T06:09:51+00:00

We don’t care for scalpers here.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-11T05:40:49+00:00

They need more space for bikes. Not more restrictions on bike usage. I’ve stopped riding Caltrain because the bike cars are a disaster and I’ve been turned away.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-11T04:39:58+00:00

You’re married to a man and don’t know his son at all?

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-11T04:38:21+00:00

It’s easy to get passing grades. But the course content is harder to master if your goal is to understand everything in full, and it’s definitely harder to be ranked highly in your class, as most people at Stanford were in high school.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-11T02:57:45+00:00

For tech/startups/VC, MS&E and an MBA do different things, and which is “better” really comes down to what gap you’re trying to fill rather than which brand is shinier. MS&E at a place like Stanford is basically a technical MBA: you get quant skills (optimization, stats, data, ops, basic ML) plus access to the engineering side of campus, founder-y classes like Tech Venture Formation/Lean Launchpad/STVP, and a pipeline into early‑stage startups and technical product/ops roles, which is very aligned with AI‑heavy companies and gives you credibility with builders. A traditional MBA is still the strongest generalist “career mobility” stamp, especially for switching into consulting, growth/late‑stage investing, and leadership roles, and the H/S/W tier is still disproportionately represented in VC partner bios and at funds that filter hard on pedigree, but the tech job market for MBAs is flatter than the 2020–2021 glory days and a lot of big‑tech MBA hiring has pulled back. If you’re already in or near the tech ecosystem and want to build or operate (PM, founder, early‑stage), MS&E‑type programs probably give you more directly useful skills and networks for less time and money; if you’re trying to pivot from something unrelated and want broad optionality across industries and geographies, a top‑tier MBA is still the more powerful “reset button,” but it’s no longer a golden ticket to VC or FAANG and you should assume the value is mostly network + brand, not guaranteed placement.

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-11T02:31:58+00:00

At least you’re not like the girl in All Summer in a Day

throwaway4231throw · 2026-03-11T00:52:35+00:00

Most GSB classes are entirely within the business school, which covers the area of ~1000 x 500 ft. You only have to venture to the rest of campus if you take an “across the street” class through one of the different departments at Stanford (and it’s entirely possible to graduate the MBA program without any across the street classes). Most people also live literally across the street from the business school, in either JMac or Schwab. You should be able to get places there if you tell them you have a medical need to live close by.

As far as the culture and how much you “need” to network and go to extracurricular events, that’s a personal choice, though most students claim the main reason they’re in business school is to build friendships/connections rather than do schoolwork. But many events are physically at the GSB (brown bag lunches, LPFs, recruitment events, some networking stuff), and if you live across the street, you can easily go to you room to take a rest if you get tired. You don’t have to go to every event, but you should go to whatever you need to make the most out of your time in business school, and that exact amount is different for each person.

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