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A Day in the Life of a Sophomore College Student
When learning is what you GET to do
We have told your faculty you are “all their’s” during Sophomore College, and they have built an exciting curriculum that will often take you beyond the 2 hour scheduled class time (typically between 10 a.m. -12:00 noon) to work in labs, conduct research, go on field trips, and more. For this reason, you cannot hold any outside job or position during Sophomore College. As you would expect, Stanford Honor codes on academic integrity and behavior apply.
Check the Sophomore College 2009 CourseWork site for Sophomore College events and announcements. The schedule can be accessed on SOCO Coursework. Click on "Schedule" on the side navigation bar.
How to get breakfast, lunch, and dinner
All SoCo staff and students will eat at Wilbur Dining Hall. Staff and students will receive a full board meal plan during the time they are in residence, which includes three meals each weekday, and two meals a day on weekends.
Meals will be served Monday-Friday at the following times:
- Continental breakfast from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
- Hot breakfast from 8:30-9:00 a.m.
- Lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
- Dinner from 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Meals will be served Saturday and Sunday at the following times:
- Brunch from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Dinner from 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Events and resources to enrich your SoCo experience
Sophomore College has several events you will want to participate in. Events will be added here and to the September Calendar as they are scheduled.
- Welcome Barbeque
- Sophomore College Opening Barbecue is on Tuesday, September 1, the first day of class, 5:00 p.m. at Wilbur Field. This will be an informal barbecue with faculty and students to inaugurate the program.
- Sophomore College Opening Barbecue is on Tuesday, September 1, the first day of class, 5:00 p.m. at Wilbur Field. This will be an informal barbecue with faculty and students to inaugurate the program.
- Sophomore College ReOrientation Forum
- You will soon receive a message to sign up for sessions you are interested in attending at the Sophomore College Reorientation Forum. The Forum offers conference-style sessions by staff from the Career Development Center, Overseas Studies, Undergraduate Research, and Undergraduate Advising, among others. The Forum is on two afternoons, Thursday, September 3 and Friday, September 4, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Sweet Hall. Sessions offer students a great way to jumpstart the application process for grants, fellowships, and study abroad, as well as meeting staff and advisors with advice on academic planning.
- You will soon receive a message to sign up for sessions you are interested in attending at the Sophomore College Reorientation Forum. The Forum offers conference-style sessions by staff from the Career Development Center, Overseas Studies, Undergraduate Research, and Undergraduate Advising, among others. The Forum is on two afternoons, Thursday, September 3 and Friday, September 4, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Sweet Hall. Sessions offer students a great way to jumpstart the application process for grants, fellowships, and study abroad, as well as meeting staff and advisors with advice on academic planning.
- Faculty Night
- One of the highlights of Sophomore College is Faculty Night, when faculty share what they were doing during their sophomore years and how they arrived at their intellectual and professional passions. Faculty sign up to speak at dorms their students are in (specific lounges in Stern TBA), and occurs on Wednesday, September 2, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- One of the highlights of Sophomore College is Faculty Night, when faculty share what they were doing during their sophomore years and how they arrived at their intellectual and professional passions. Faculty sign up to speak at dorms their students are in (specific lounges in Stern TBA), and occurs on Wednesday, September 2, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- Sophomore College offers many resources to support your learning. If you are…
- working on a presentation you can get some great feedback and suggestions from the Oral Communication Tutors (OCTs), who will be sending out announcements for drop in times in the lounges or to sign up for individual consulting.
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working on a multi-media project, you can contact your Residential Computing Consultant (RCC) for suggestions.
- thinking about participating in Bing Overseas Studies, Undergraduate Research, or wondering about choosing a major or connecting to an internship, you can sign up to attend the Sophomore College Reorientation Forum to meet with staff from these programs, in the afternoon of Thursday, September 3 and Friday, September 4, in Sweet Hall.
- working on a presentation you can get some great feedback and suggestions from the Oral Communication Tutors (OCTs), who will be sending out announcements for drop in times in the lounges or to sign up for individual consulting.
Welcome Oxford Students!
We are delighted you are participating in Professor Scotty McLennan’s The Meaning of Life: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry Through Literature seminar. Should you have any questions or concerns please contact Jenny Mullowney at 650-735-6769 jmullowney@stanford.edu, or Lee West at 650-736-0751, leewest@stanford.edu.
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