First-Year Applicants

Requirements and Deadlines

Required Application Components

• Common Application
• $100 nonrefundable application fee or fee waiver request
• ACT or SAT test scores
• School Report form and counselor letter of recommendation
• Official transcript(s) or academic results
  • Midyear transcript (due by February 15)
• Letters of recommendation from two teachers

Application Deadlines

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

Event	Restrictive Early Action	Regular Decision
Application with Optional Arts Portfolio	October 15	December 5
Standard Application Deadline	November 1	January 5
Notification of Missing Documents	Mid-November	Mid-February
Decision Released By	Mid-December	Early April
Student Reply Date	May 1	May 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.

Updated on October 1, 2025 1:30 PM