Stanford University is a private institution that was founded in 1885, it has total undergraduate entrollment of 6,940, it’s setting is suburban, and the campus size is 8,180 acres. It utilizes a quarter based academic calendar. Stanford University’s ranking in the 2012 edition of Best Collages is National Universities is number 5. It’s tuition and fees are $40,569 (2011-12)

Stanford University’s pristine campus is located in California;s Bay Area, about 30 miles from San Francisco. Staford offers a wide range of student organization, including the Stanford Pre-Business Association and Stanford Solar Car Project, which design, builds, and races a solar car every two years. The Stanford Cardinals are well known for the traditional “Big Games” against Cal. An annual football competition that awards the Stanford Axe a sought after trophy to the victor. Stanford also has successful programs in tennis and golf. Only freshman are recuired to live on campus, but students are guaranteed housing for all four years and most choose to remain on campus. Greek life at Stanford represents approximately 10 percents of the student body.

Three of Stanford University’s seven school offer undergraduate and graduate coursework, and the remaining four serve as purely graduate schools. Graduate prograns include the highly ranked School of Education. School of Enineering, Law School. School of Medicine, and the top ranked Graduate School of Business.

Universitas Stanford

            Universitas Stanford adalah perguruan tinggi swasta yang didirikan pada tahun 1885. Universitas Stanford memiliki jumlah mahasiswa 6940, terletak di pinggir kota di lahan 8180 hektar. Berdasarkan kalender akademis 3 bulanan, Universitas Stanford menduduki peringkat ke lima diantara Perguruan Tinggi Nasional pada tahun 2012, dengan uang kuliah 40.569 dolar pada tahun 2011 – 2012.

 Universitas Stanford sebenarnya berlokasi di Teluk California, sekitar 30 mil dari Sans Fransico. Stanford menawarkan jumlah mahasiswa yang besar maupun organisasi, temasuk asosiasi bisnis pemula Stanford dan projek mobil solar Stanford yang merancang, membangun, dan melombakan pemakaian mobil solar setiap dua tahun. Cardinal Stanford dikenal dengan baik melalui perlombaan tradisional “Big Game” melawan Cal, kompetisi sepak bola Amerika yang berhadiah piala Stanford (Stanford Axe). Stanford juga memiliki program sukses dibidang tenis dan golf. Hanya mahasiswa baru yang diperbolehkan tinggal di kampus, tapi mahasiswa diberi tempat tinggal selama empat tahun dan kebanyakan memilih tetap di kampus. Orang yunani mewakili sekitar 10 % mahasiswa di Stanford.

            Tiga dari jurusan Universitas Stanford menawarkan sarjana, lulusan kursus dan empat jurusan lainnya hanya menerima lulusan sekolah. Program kelulusan yang banyak diminati adalah jurusan pendidikan, jurusan teknik, jurusan hokum, jurusan kedokteran, dan ranking teratas adalah jurusan bisnis.

Vocab	Synonim	Antonym
Enrollment / Pendaftaran	Submission	Resign
Suburban / Pinggiran kota	Outskirt	City
Utilizies  / Memanfaatkan	Abuse	Waste
Quarter-based / Kuartal berbasis	-	-
Tuition / uang sekolah	Payment	-
Fees / Biaya	Cost	-
Pristine / Asli	Immaculate	Fake
Sough-after / Dicari-cari	Contested	Ignore
Approximately / Kira-kira	Round	Exact
Caursework / Kursus	Assemblage	School