There are dozens of Stanford seminars that anyone can attend. Some, like ee380.stanford.edu , are online, but you miss out on a lot that way. If you do a bit

There are dozens of Stanford seminars that anyone can attend. Some, like ee380.stanford.edu , are online, but you miss out on a lot that way. If you do a bit of research, you might even take advantage of office hours. The same is true of UC Berkeley, but it isn't in the valley.