Transfer Applicants

Requirements and Deadlines

Required Application Components

  • Common Application
  • $100 nonrefundable application fee or fee waiver request 
  • ACT or SAT test scores
  • Official high school transcript including your graduation date or equivalent (such as GED)
  • Official transcript(s) from every college/university attended
  • College Report instructions and form
  • Letters of recommendation from two academic instructors

Application Deadlines

Submit your Common Application by 11:59 p.m. (in your local timezone) on the applicable deadline.

Application with or without Optional Arts Portfolio

March 15

Notification of Missing Documents

April

Decision Released By

Mid-May

Student Reply Date

June 1

Stanford reserves the right to evaluate an application and render a final decision even if all pieces of the application have not been received.

Students are limited to a total of three applications for undergraduate admission, whether for first-year admission, transfer admission or a combination of both. If you have submitted fewer than three applications to Stanford, you may reapply.

Frequently Asked Questions

All students will begin their time at Stanford in the fall quarter.

The transfer application deadline is March 15th. While you are welcome to submit before that deadline, please note that submitting your application early will not impact your application decision nor the timeline of when your decision will be released.

Updated on October 1, 2025 1:38 PM