Private · Stanford, CA
Apply to Stanford University
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Your application
- Application
- Common App
- Recommendations
- 3 required
- Personal essay
- Required
- Regular decision
- January 5, 2027
- Early Action
- November 1, 2026
- Early Decision
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Activities
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Honors
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Personal statement
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Additional info
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Supplemental essays
What is the most significant challenge that society faces today?
Required · 50 wordsHow did you spend your last two summers?
Required · 50 wordsWhat historical moment or event do you wish you could have witnessed?
Required · 50 wordsBriefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities, a job you hold, or responsibilities you have for your family.
Required · 50 wordsList five things that are important to you.
Required · 50 wordsReflect on an idea or experience that makes you genuinely excited about learning.
Required · 250 wordsWrite a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that will help your roommate—and us—get to know you better.
Required · 250 wordsPlease describe what aspects of your life experiences, interests, and character would help you make a distinctive contribution as an undergraduate to Stanford University.
Required · 250 wordsThe Stanford community is deeply curious and driven to learn in and out of the classroom. Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you genuinely excited about learning.
Required · 250 wordsVirtually all of Stanford's undergraduates live on campus. Write a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that will help your roommate—and us—get to know you better.
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