Transfer Applicants
Requirements and Deadlines
Required Application Components
- Common Application
- $90 nonrefundable application fee or fee waiver request
- ACT or SAT test scores (testing optional for 2024–2025; beginning with the 2025–2026 application cycle, Stanford will reinstate its standardized testing requirement.)
- Official high school transcript (should include your graduation date). Visit our Transcripts and College Report page for information about equivalent documents you may submit.
- Official transcript(s) from every college/university attended
- College Report (a form completed by a school official that provides information about your standing at your current or most recent institution)
- 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 2 |
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.
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