[oman]

"In Palo Alto, he had felt out of place and uncomfortable with an environment he described as "judgmental."

http://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/ind..._tack.html

Ugh. That's never good to have out there. It speaks to the young man's character that he felt the need to call out a negative for Stanford rather than just focus on the positives at Oregon. He could have just said "After visiting UO, I really feel like this is the place I can see myself being happy and successful during college. Thank you to Stanford for the interest you showed."

I guess he was just being honest. 

We Stanford folks are open-minded and open-armed but we are pretty proud and I'd put us over on the plus side of judgmental.

[oman]

"In Palo Alto, he had felt out of place and uncomfortable with an environment he described as "judgmental."

http://www.oregonlive.com/recruiting/ind..._tack.html

Ugh. That's never good to have out there. It speaks to the young man's character that he felt the need to call out a negative for Stanford rather than just focus on the positives at Oregon. He could have just said "After visiting UO, I really feel like this is the place I can see myself being happy and successful during college. Thank you to Stanford for the interest you showed."

I guess he was just being honest. 

We Stanford folks are open-minded and open-armed but we are pretty proud and I'd put us over on the plus side of judgmental.