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Single-Choice Early Action Deadline
Regular Review Deadline |
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SCEA: November 1
RR: December 15 |
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| Undergraduate degrees offered |
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| BA, BS, BAS (each designed to achieve balance between depth of knowledge acquired through specializatin and breadth of knowledge gained through exploration) |
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| What are graduation requirements? |
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*at least 180 units
*complete requirements for a major
*complete writing/rhetoric requirement
*one year of foreign language
*Introduction to Humanities: one course each quarter of the freshman year
*Disciplinary Breadth: five courses required, at least one in engineering and applied sciences, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences and social sciences
*Education for Citizenship: two courses in at least two of the following subject areas--ethical reasoning, the global community, American cultures and gender studies |
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| Seven schools at Stanford |
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Humanities and Sciences*
Earth Sciences*
Engineering*
Business
Law
Education
Medicine
*school awards undergraduate degrees |
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| Overseas study opportunities (9)/Off-campus study opportunities (6) |
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Overseas: Australia, Beijing, Berlin, Florence, Kyoto, Moscow, Oxford, Paris, Santiago
Off-campus: Stanford in Washington, Hopkins Marine Station near Monterey, CA, exchange relationships with Dartmouth, Howard, Morehouse, and Spelman |
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| Profile of the admitted Class of 2010 |
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*~22300 applicants (10% increase from last year)
*~11 percent AD
*~1600 incoming first-year students
*over 70% scored higher than 700 on both V and M |
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| Diversity at Stanford (AA, Native, Asian/PI, White, Intl, MA, Other Hispanic) |
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African-American: 10%
Native: 2
Asian/Pacific Islander: 24
White: 41
International: 6
Mexican American: 8
Other Hispanic: 3
Unidentified: 5 |
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| Gender balance at Stanford |
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| Geographic origin at Stanford |
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CA: 44%
Other US: 50
Foreign (68 countries): 6 (Asia (54%), The Americas (19%), Europe (12%), Africa (7%), Middle East and North Africa (6), Pacific Basin (2) |
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| Five-year graduation rate |
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| Majors granting highest number of undergraduate degrees in 2004-05 |
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1. Biology or Human Biology
2. Economics
3. Political Science
4. Computer Science
5. Psychology |
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| % of courses that had less than 20 students enrolled in 2004-05 |
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| % of students receiving financial aid in 2004-05 |
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| Total amount of financial aid awarded to students in 2004-05/% of financial aid that was not "self-help" |
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| Estimated budget for 2006-07 |
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Tuition: $32,994
Room and Board: $10,367
Personal: $1,935
Books and supplies: $1,290
Total: $46,586 |
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| Average financial aid package |
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| Average per student cumulative undergraduate indebtedness for 2005 graduates v. national average |
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| % of students that live on campus |
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*Approximate number of student groups
*# of religious groups on-campus
*# of community service groups on-campus |
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| # of varsity sports/# of club/# of intramural |
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| 19 for women, 15 for men and one coed/19 club/37 intramural |
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| When do quarters begin/end? |
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Autumn: Late September/Mid-December
Winter: Early January/Mid-March
Spring: Early April/Mid-June |
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| unofficial Stanford motto and translation |
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| "Die Luft der Freiheit weht:" the wind of freedom blows |
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| Who is Stanford's president? When did he begin as president? |
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*Male:Female ratio for faculty
*% of faculty that are of-color
*% of faculty holding highest degree in their field
*% of faculty that live on-campus |
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*76:24
*~18%
*99%
*~30 percent |
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*% of students that bring their own computer to Stanford
*% of student computers that are laptops
*Where was the first U.S. web site launched? |
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*98%
*75%
*Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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*# of volumes in the Stanford library system
*# of main and branch libraries |
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*% of student population that participates in Greek life
*# of fraternities/# of sororities |
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*Football game between Cal and Stanford
*Gaieties, a student produced musical follies
*Full moon on the Quad |
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*# of athletic scholarships offered
*# of students participating in intercollegiate sports |
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*Endowment size
*Undergraduate alumni giving rate |
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