President Casper has initiated a plan to build 480 more units, half to be ready by fall 2000, half by fall of 2001. So your odds of living on campus will improve by the time you hit the lottery. There is also some subsidized off campus housing. The bottom line is that money may be a little more tight that at other schools you might go to, but you can get by. On the other hand, teaching duties at Stanford are very light.
Unemployment here is two percent.
People right out of college frequently make seventy thousand. And if money is a concern and you want a summer job in industry, you can definitely find one. Most students, however, are content to live frugally and work on their theses during the summer. Finally, the students here are friendly and easy to interact with.