Stanford

Stanford University

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How is life in Stanford?

What to see:

Visit this link if you're a tourist:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/plan/guides/visit.html

• Memorial Church
• Hanna Honeycomb House
• Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
• Athletic Facilities
• Cantor Arts Center

So many more things to see!

Athletic Activities and Programs

Take a tour!

Outdoor Activities:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/tours/virtual/index.html

• Stanford offers about 300 athletics scholarships
• 35 varsity sports- 19 for women and 16 for men.
• there are 23 club sports
• sports camps

• fitness and wellness and intramural sports

• Outdoor Sculpture Walk
• Tree Walk
• Spring Plant Walk
• visit the Mausoleum and Angel of Grief or Cactus Garden
• explore the Stanford Foothills with a hike to The Dish
• walking, biking, running

More information:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/plan/guides/visit.html

Visit: http://www.stanford.edu/

How to get around?

• Bicycling is one of the most popular forms of on-campus transportation
• with an estimated 13,000 bikes on campus daily
• In 2011, Stanford was named a "Bicycle Friendly University."
• freshmen may not bring cars to campus
• Shuttle transportation is available

Dining:

• Stanford offers over 30 dining options

What about organizations and clubs?

There's nine community centers

• About 650 organized student groups and organization
• MeChA de Stanford
• About 35 recognized religious organizations
• Christian
• Buddhist

• Subway
• Ike's Place
• Jamba Juice
• The Treehouse
• The Axe & Palm

Sports:

• 26 intramural sports
• basketball
• table tennis

Shopping:

• approximately 100 physical education courses
• martial arts
• yoga.

• 21 club sports offered
• Archery
• Badminton

Citation:

http://facts.stanford.edu/campuslife.html

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/activities/dining.html

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/student/diversity/student_organizations_list.html

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/student/athletics/club_sports.html

• http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/freshman/index.html

• http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/academic/programs/index.html

• http://admission.stanford.edu/basics/selection/profile.html

• http://www.gostanford.com/index-main.html

• http://simpletuition.com

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/activities/shopping.html

• http://collegetoolkit.com/

• http://colleges.usnews.ranking

• http://collegedata.com

• http://www.studentadvisor.com

• http://www.youniversitytv.com/colleges/stanford

• http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_choosing_majors_ChoosingMajors.html

What's the cost?

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What about students?

What is the number of students?

Tuition and fees: $41,250

Room and Board:$12,721

Books and supplies:$ 1,500

Personal expenses: about $ 2,400

Transportation expenses: $665

In state cost: $$58,536

71 % of the students receive financial aid.

Students are required to fill out the FAFSA

"Stanford will give you a platform to discuss your interests and an audience to hear them. The level of commitment to students is honestly astounding: you can get a job here, you can get an internship here, a research grant, etc. The professors are extremely invested in the goals of their students and go to great lengths to see them succeed in their studies and in their lives. I am deeply grateful for the time and energy that many of my professors have spent making sure I was able to pursue my interests in the ways I wanted. I have learned so much here!"-Mariel P (Goes to Stanford University, class of 2012)

• over 11,000 students

What's the number of undergraduates?

• 2,427

What's the average class size?

• Approximately 76% of Stanford classes have fewer than 19 students

• student to faculty ratio is 5:1

• 27 faculty members have won the Nobel Prize.

What's the male and female percentage?

What's the ethnic profile?

Undergraduate Class 2012-2013

What about dorms?

• for entering freshman, housing is guaranteed for four years

• first-year students are required to live on campus.

Each type of residence offers a distinct lifestyle that tries to meet the needs of Stanford's diverse student body.

• 56% of graduate students eligible for housing live on campus
• in housing designed for single students
• couples without children
• students with children.

• There is 80 residences

Independent Living (The Row)

• run by student staff

• Row is a group of University owned student residences that house some 1600 undergrads.

• 12 self-ops

Theme Houses

• establish a kitchen schedule which requires that each resident volunteer for a daily, weekly, or quarterly shift

Narnia

1.Academic Theme Houses

• Work as a group to accomplish chores

Divided in three categories:

• Self-Operated Houses

• Cooperative Houses

• Greek Houses

• fully sponsored by an academic department on campus.

• Seven Co-ops housing

• four houses (Upper Class)

http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/resed/profiles/co-ops/narnia

Kairos

• learn responsibility

2.Ethnic Theme Houses

• cook and clean after yourself

• four houses

• co-ed
• 34 residents

Room Types:

• Singles
• One room Doubles
• Two Room doubles
• One Room Triples
• Two Room Quads

House:

• a front porch
• two back decks
• a lounge
• a pool room
• a small garden
• a large foyer

• environmental consciousness
• grow their own food
• use solar panels

• one upper class
• three all four classes

Traditional Residences

Two different campus

http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/resed/profiles/co-ops/kairos

• only kind of theme housing available to freshmen

• 22 housings

3.Focus Houses

• East Campus

• West Campus

• four houses (Upper Class)

Rains

Upper Class & Graduate Apartments

Fraternity & Sorority Houses (FSL)

• interest of the residents

• Six fraternities and three sororities offer housing.

• 14 housings

4.Language and Culture Theme Houses

• About 25 percent of students join one of the 16 fraternities or 15 sororities

FroSoCo

• the exploration of specific language and culture.

• four classes (Upper Class)

https://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/resed/profiles/regular/rains

http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/resed/profiles/regular/res-list

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http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/resed/life/fsl/houses

Freshman and Sophomores

http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/resed/profiles

http://facts.stanford.edu/campuslife.html

http://facts.stanford.edu/undergraduate.html

What student support services are provided?

They offer:

• Counseling
• career counseling
• spiritual director
• employment services
• financial aid counseling
• health services
• legal services
• academic support

What are the requirements for admission?

Extras needed for admission

Stanford looks for achievement and potential at a high level.

They also look for:

• involvement outside the classroom
• commitment and leadership in school and community activities.

They recommend a application essay and recommendations.

What are the degrees and masters offered?

1. High school diploma is required and GED is accepted

• offers three undergraduate degrees
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
• Bachelor of Sciences (B.S.)
• Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (B.A.S.)

Name and Location:

2. High School transcript (10-12)

• English, mathematics, science, foreign language and history/social studies.

3. A-G Requirements

4. Look at : Honors, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses

5. Two teacher evaluations are required

6. School report:

7. ACT Plus Writing or the SAT(Critical Reading, Math and Writing) is required

• SAT: focus on the highest individual Critical Reading, Math and Writing scores from all test sittings

SAT / ACT (Fall 2012)

• What are the scores for the ACT/SAT?

Nickname: Cardinal , which is also the school color.

Mascot: Stanford tree

Type of college: Stanford is a private institution that was founded in 1885. Its coed and its in state.

College location: setting is suburban and the campus size is 8,180 acres. It is located in California's bay area, which is about 30 miles from San Francisco.

8.What's the minimum GPA?

Freshman (Fall 2012)

Minimum GPA :

• ACT: focus on the highest Composite and the highest Combined English/Writing scores from all test sittings

Freshman Applicants

Fall 2012

9. What is the acceptance rate?

More about Stanford:

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/freshman/index.html

Stanford's map:

Stanford's library:

Crothers

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/academic/programs/degree_options.html

Upper Class residence halls at Stanford:

Big Game

(Academic Theme house)

Sophomore residence hall:

What are some traditions?

Freshman residence Halls:

Substance Free

• The annual football game against the University of California Berkeley Golden Bears

Muwekma-tah-Ruk

(Ethnic Theme House)

(Focus Theme House)

Full Moon on the Quad

http://www.gostanford.com/view.gal?id=127355&startYear=2012

• Now everyone does it

• Freshmen are kissed at midnight by seniors under the first full moon of Fall Quarter.

Wacky Walk

La Casa Italiana

(Language & Culture Theme Houses)

(Self-op)

Stanford stadium:

• graduating seniors have one fun as they enter Stanford Stadium for Commencement.

Lagunita Court

Casa Naranja

Traditional Residence

http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/resed/profiles/regular/res-list

http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/resed/profiles/theme/muwekma-tah-ruk

http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/resed/profiles/theme/substance-free

Hiking

Activities outside of school:

Winery and spas

Nearby Attractions:

Natural preserves

Museums

Golden gate

Biking

Study Abroad :

Jogging

Australia

Beijing

Berlin

Florence

Kyoto

Madrid

Oxford

Paris and more!!

Hoover tower

Quick video tour:

http://www.youniversitytv.com/colleges/stanford

More than 80 majors and many more subfields

What majors does SU offer?

Quarter-system calendar

• allows students to take advantage of dozens of additional courses

SU has seven schools

What can Stanford students pursue?

• double-majors
• add a minor
• write an honors thesis
• take graduate level courses
• graduate with both a bachelor's and a master's degree (often in as little as five years.)
• Pre-professional advising in law, business and medicine is available.
• Undergraduate students can also participate in seminars taught by faculty from Stanford's School of Law, School of Business and School of Medicine.

• three are undergraduate schools
• four are graduate schools

• The largest school
• 80% undergraduate degrees
• 40% of Doctorates

School of Humanities and Sciences

Examples:

• Has many departments

• offers undergraduate and graduate programs

• Humanities and Art

• Philosophy

• Natural Sciences

• Mathematics

• Social Sciences

• Sociology

• Interdisciplinary Programs

http://humsci.stanford.edu/departments/

• Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/humsci/cgi-bin/gus/

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/academic/programs/humanities_sciences.html

one out of the

five programs

• Stanford Graduate School of Business

• MBA Program

• Offer five different programs

Graduate schools

• Stanford Law School

• 8 programs

• School of Education

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/programs-admissions

• three programs

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/

• 29 Departments

• Stanford School of Medicine

http://www.law.stanford.edu/programs-and-centers

http://www.law.stanford.edu/

• Dermatology

• Bioengineering

• has several departments.

Examples

• five Institutes of Medicine

• offer undergraduate and graduate programs

http://ed.stanford.edu/academics

School of Engineering

http://med.stanford.edu/departments/

• 1. Stanford Cancer Institute

• Biomechanical Engineering

http://med.stanford.edu/

• Computer Science

http://med.stanford.edu/institutes/

• Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Biomedical Computation

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/academic/programs/engineering.html

http://soe-oldwebserver.stanford.edu/prospective_students/majors_minors.html

• Offers undergraduate and graduate programs.

School of Earth Sciences

Examples of

• Works to gain a better understanding of our planet's history and its future
• the energy and resource base that supports society
• geologic hazards that impact a growing population
• a changing climate
• the challenge of sustainability.

Departments:

Application Deadlines:

• Earth System

• Energy Resources Engineering

• Geological and environmental sciences

• Geophysicists

https://pangea.stanford.edu/departments-programs

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/academic/programs/earth_sciences.html

Top majors

November 1 restrictive early action

January 1 regular decision

march 15 transfer admission

$90 fee

Notification date:

Restrictive early action: December 15

regular decision: April 1

Transfer admission: May 15

http://facts.stanford.edu/undergraduate.html

• Approximately 25% of the students pursue:
• interdisciplinary programs
• Human Biology
• Earth Systems
• International Relations
• Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and Urban Studies.

Welcome to Stanford University.

By: Jissel and Ana

"The wind of freedom blows"