@nontradhopeful I was just wondering. I just took it on Feb 8th. Hopefully the result will come before the app deadline.
Hi Everyone! First of all, I am SUPER humbled to be able to apply with such fantastic candidates… I know they usually take only about 30 a year, bu I hope as many of us can get in as possible!
major: Chemistry
Current College: Clovis Community College
College GPA: 4.0 (finished 2 years of college-59 units- in 1) I am applying as a sophomore because I think they will not accept most of my work.
High School GPA: 4.2/4.0, 12 APs taken I think. Was near the top of class, then junior year tore my ACL and things spiraled from there.
SAT: 1450, 1520 composite
extracurriculars: part of honors program, started a free tutoring company for economically disadvantaged kids taking the SAT, religious school teacher, volunteer at hospital, work as a scribe, in the process of collecting data for 2 research papers. have written 2 abstracts that will be published, Bio T.A, other small things but will take too long to list lol.
Essays: ehhh maybe like 8/10, solid but not anything crazy. Talked about grade drops in high school, how I changed in community college, and why I want to know transfer.
Cons: Only applying with 1 year at CCC (16 units in summer+ high school, 19 in Fall, 24 scheduled for spring)
Also applying to: Cal, UCLA, USC, Pomona, Harvard, Northwestern, UC Davis, Johns Hopkins, UCSD.
Good luck to everyone! Hope you all make it where you want to go! I seem pretty average compared to some of you guys, but who knows, maybe one of us gets lucky!
@fearthfihr I think your stats look awesome 
good luck!
@SatanFlower69 haha it is nothing compared to you guys, but thanks! Good luck to you as well… hopefulLy we all end up somewhere great!
@fearthfihr I promise my stats are mediocre, especially when it comes to Stanford lol But here they are anyway since I’m around. I can say that I genuinely enjoyed answering the short essay questions. 
GPA: 3.8
ACT: 28 / E: 32, R: 31, S: 30, M: 20
CCC Transfer
Female / 26 years old
Major: Public Policy
Essays: 7 - 9 on a scale of 10 - talked about personal experience with the growing housing crisis in CA, briefly touched on being raised by cocaine addicts, how job experiences led me to realize education is the key to a more ideal career path, emphasized desire to assist underserved populations.
EC: donate to local homeless/animal shelters when I can, visit and sit with animals/volunteer in front office when time permits - currently working 50 hours a week so hard to squeeze in extracurricular. Started working full time and moved out immediately after high school.
Applying to: SFSU (accepted), UCD (TAG approved), UCB, UCSD, Stanford, Duke, UNC CH, Vanderbilt and Georgetown
Top 3: Duke, UNC CH, Vanderbilt - all reach schools but I am beyond ready to move out of CA and leave this insane housing market behind so keeping my fingers crossed. Would like a change and have family in both NC and TN.
Good luck everyone!
Hi Guys!
So I have decided to apply very last-minute. Just wanted to bounce something off of everyone and see what they think…
I’m a pretty unconventional student, having returned to school at 27. I worked in the NFL and in the film industry so I have a fairly interesting resume that I think would resonate. Through the first three semesters of CC I have a 4.0 GPA, but the only thing worrying me is the SAT. The one and only time I ever took the SAT was in November 2010 when I was a senior in high school. My score was VERY average. Is my very old SAT score something they are going to look at seriously? Should I even bother applying? HELP! Lol. Any advice is appreciated!
Hi @snakejyder! Under your circumstances, I highly doubt they will. On their website, it was outlined that the older you are when you apply to Stanford, the test scores will matter less as they don’t wholly represent everything. For Freshman students, that’s a bit of a different case as we are just fresh out of high school. I hope that helps to answer your question!
And go for it, apply! The world is full of mystery and wonders. The worst you will here is a no, and you might just get in.
@CrayonShinChan thank you for your feedback! You’ve made me a little more confident
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Does anyone know how many they admit? I heard it’s around 30.
its usually 30-40, varies each year. But stanford actually has the statistics on their site from like 2007 to 2015 i think. Then they only post freshman profiles and stats
Stanford will accept at least 75 transfer students this year; the acceptance rate will basically triple when compared to 2019. I wish y’all great success!
Where did you get that info? That’s a lot considering I haven’t seen them admit more than 30 in the past five years at least.
Suffice it to say that I have contacts in Montag hall.
Do traditional applicants from a top-tier private institution have any real shot? My reasons for transferring aren’t for a “prestige” upgrade – they’re very personal and I made that clear in my essays.
also @Amatheras why would they admit a larger transfer class?
According to a couple of friends who transferred to Stanford a couple of years ago:
- The transfer community is too small. Increasing its size would facilitate their social integration into the campus community and nurture a proper sense of belonging. That holds particularly true for those who enroll as juniors.
- Allegedly there’s a divide between veterans and non-veterans, which further compounds the sense of “not fully belonging” among some in the latter category, (since there’s an even smaller pool of prospective friends in the transfer community and making friends with those who enrolled as freshmen is not that easy, especially in the beginning)
- Stanford accepted 125 transfer students 25 years ago. In 2018 it accepted 24. The administration seems to have been persuaded by students and maybe Sally Mentzer to revert that scenario, at least to a certain extent
- It might be a singular anomaly that won’t reoccur so soon.
Sounds reasonable but there’s only one way to find out lol
Hi everyone, I am also a transfer applicant to Stanford. I can support @Amatheras claim that Stanford will accept more transfers this year. But it is not permanent, according to them.
Stanford admissions confirmed to me in a webinar that my school was able to hold.
Good luck to all.
Guys did anyone receive their application confirmation from Stanford yet??? I havent and im worried. I know they have alot of applicants but I submitted mine a bit early