PERT: Stanford

There are a lot of lists in the world of universities, for a couple of examples, lists of the best science and engineering schools and lists of the best computer science departments. When it comes to computer science Stanford is usually at the top, as Peter says, because of their graduate programs. The newest part of the Stanford campus is named after the guys who paid for the buildings, the Moore Materials Research building, the Packard Electrical Engineering building, the Hewlett Teaching Center building, the Allen Center for Integrated Systems building and the Gates Computer Science building. With friends like that, how can you go wrong? Here is the computer science building, which Peter would not pose in front of as he does not want himself associated with Bill Gates. Both Cal Poly and Stanford are big enough campuses that bicycles are the default transportation.

After touring Stanford, the fifth college on the tour, Peter's first choice for undergraduate is Caltech, the coolest place on the planet, and for graduate work, Stanford, the center of the computer science universe.

After leaving Stanford the boys crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and got this postcard-perfect photo:

Ah, San Francisco ....