2

S 0
T 1
A 4
N
F
O
R
D
U
N
I
V
E
R
S
I
T
Y

2
0
1
5

readers-cvr_CS6.indd 1

9/15/14
7/30/14 11:15
6:57 AM

Stanfords motto,
Die Luft der Freiheit weht
which translates as
the wind of freedom blows
has been a touchstone
throughout its 123-year history.

readers-cvr_CS6.indd 2
S28052-14ViewbookCover.HP.indd 1

9/15/14 11:15 AM
S28052-14Viewbo

FREEDOM.
ITS IN THE PLACE: a spectacular campus

in the high-tech mecca of Silicon Valley, where

pioneering spirit meets 21st-century possibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

At a Glance 4
The Campus The Region Silicon Valley

617

ITS IN THE MISSION: to overcome our

times seemingly intractable challenges through

open and fearless inquiry and action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
At a Glance 20
Undergraduate Fields of Study The Schools
Introductory Seminars Sophomore College Student
Research University Research Research Resources
Environmental Fieldwork Service The Arts 2243

ITS IN THE PEOPLE: gifted, high-achieving,

sharing worlds of ideas and experiences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

At a Glance 46
Faculty and Nobelists Student Organizations
Traditions Athletics Spirit Residential Life
Career Development Alumni 4863

Admission and Financial Aid

6467

. . . Stanford is a remarkable institution deeply committed to

a spectacular education for all its students. It is a model for
the country. By any measure, this institution is of exceptional
quality and one of the finest universities in the world.
from the Evaluation Team Report and Western Association of
Schools and Colleges Action Letter, 2013. The full report is available
at wasc.stanford.edu.

ITS IN THE

STANFORDS LOCATION at the westernmost edge

of what was once called the New Worldsets the

stage for what happens here. Only 12 decades old,
free from constraints of long tradition and primed for
exploration, the University serves as a catalyst for
creativity and innovation that extends the cultural
reach of San Francisco, fuels and draws strength from
Silicon Valley, and sends its influence around the globe.

STANFORDS CAMPUS combines attributes of a movie set and a resort with some of the most advanced facilities anywhere
in a location that enjoys more than 300 days of sunshine per year.

At a Glance

THE PLACE :

8,180

acres on campus60 percent

of which remain open space

95
More than

43,000
trees

percent of undergraduates living on campus

Typical daytime
temperatures in the

70 80
50 60
s and

s (summer)

s and

s (winter)

50,000Stanfords athletic facilities include the

seat Stanford Stadium, 6,786-yard Stanford

Golf Course, 7,233-seat Maples Pavilion,
4,000-seat Sunken Diamond,
17-court Taube Family Tennis Stadium
and 2,500-seat Avery Aquatic Complex

24

galleries in the Cantor Arts Center

(including 200 works by Auguste Rodin)

70+

outdoor sculptures, (including works

by Alexander Calder and George Segal)

140

retail stores at
Stanford Shopping Center
(just off the northern end of campus)
4

25
fountains

700+
major buildings

An estimated

13,000

285-

bikes on
campus daily

80

residential housing facilities

30+

foot Hoover Tower, with an observation

platform and carillon of 48 bells

20

libraries with more

than 9 million
physical volumes

dining options

11

post office, fire department and

campus police service

Stanford-operated campuses and two consortium

programs in the Bing Overseas Studies Program
(in which approximately 50 percent of
students participate): Barcelona Beijing
Berlin Brisbane Cape Town Florence
Istanbul Kyoto (two programs) Madrid Oxford
Paris Santiago

20,000

colors in the tile mosaics

of nonsectarian Stanford Memorial
Church, dedicated in 1903

2-

mile-long linear accelerator at the U.S.

Department of Energys Stanford-operated
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

150-

foot diameter radio telescope, known as

the Dish, located in the Stanford foothills

1,189-

acre Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve

located near campus
5

Getting Around
Students look for the easiest and most efficient ways to reach
the many resources on campusand bicycling is among
the most popular. Skateboards, roller blades, motor
scooterseven electric golf cartsalso contribute
freedom of movement, along with Stanfords
free Marguerite shuttle buses.

Just came from the Anderson

Collection gallery, where his
contemporary art class is studying
original works by Jackson Pollock,
Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko
from a world-renowned collection of
20th century American art

Planning to meet a friend

at the Stanford Humanities Center
for an afternoon fiction reading by
Professor Tobias Wolff

Contemplating conic
sections and parametric
equations as he traverses
the circle, headed
from Math 52

Going to Bing Concert Hall to

attend a performance by the
Stanford Laptop Orchestra

Will catch the free

Stanford shuttle bus to the
Jasper Ridge Biological
Preserve to conduct
environmental research
on vegetation diversity

Just attended a Spoken

Word performance at the
Hume Center for Writing
and Speaking

On the way to the Product

Realization Lab to work on
her ME 203 Design and
Manufacturing portfolio

Being Here
Stanfords campus is a city unto
itself; just being here is an adventure
in exploration. Fortunately, students
have plenty of time to take it all in
as they find their favorite spaces.
From the welcoming Office of
Undergraduate Admission to student
housing, athletic, library and dining
facilities all over campus, Stanford
students make themselves at home
and make their home reflect who
they are: balanced, accomplished
and enterprising.

Stanfords multidisciplinary,
broad-based approach to engineering
positions students at the forefront
of innovation.

The Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center is founded on

a vision of collaboration, leadership and technical knowledge.

The Packard Electrical Engineering Building and the

Hewlett Teaching Center pay tribute to the team whose

entrepreneurial spirit defines the School of Engineering.

The Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment

and Energy Building (Y2E2) spearheads Stanfords focus on
the Sustainable Built Environment (SBE).

10

The Science and Engineering Quad (SEQ) forms a gathering space for students pursuing
world-renowned academic programs in the surrounding Hewlett and Packard Buildings,
Huang Engineering Center and Y2E2 Building.

11
Tamer Shabani Photography

The Long View

When Leland Stanford set aside the acreage of his horse farm on the
southernmost tip of San Francisco Bay to found Stanford University,
he stipulated that the land could never be sold. Today, 60 percent of
that land remains open spaceincluding some 43,000 trees, three lakes
and rolling foothills that overlook the inner campus.

Foothill trails provide access to

Stanfords radio telescopic Dish and
are ideal for hiking and jogging.

12

Hoover Tower is a campus landmark

and houses the Hoover Institution on
War, Revolution and Peace.

The red tile roofs of Stanfords

Mission Revival style buildings
unify and define the campus.
Stanford is next to the
city of Palo Alto.
San Francisco Bay is about
four miles from campus.

13

Out and About

With San Francisco only 35 miles to
the north, Palo Alto right next door
and San Josethe third-largest city
in California and the 10th largest in the
U.S.20 miles south, students enjoy
a region rich not only in opportunity
but also in culture and entertainment.

14

15

IN N O VISION

Starting with University-industry partnerships created by a Stanford provost

decades agoand fueled by the spirit of entrepreneurship in Stanford faculty and
graduatesSilicon Valley emerged and gained worldwide attention as a center
for the high-technology revolution. But not all Stanford entrepreneurs go high-tech;
all told, research indicates that Stanford alumni and faculty have created more
than 39,000 companies since the 1930sincluding the ones on these pagesin
industries from publishing and health food to financial services and wine making.

San Francisco

STANFORD

At the
tip
of San
baseFrancisco
of the Peninsulajust
Baythe
west of the southernmost
Stanford campus sits in
thethe
as
to
On
Pacific
Silicon
the
Santa
southwest
Oceanabout
Peninsulas
Valley,
Clara Valley,
flanked
and
western
20
the
more
miles
by
Diablo
edge
the
commonly
from
Santa
Range
(atcampus.
lower
Cruz
to
known
the
left)
Mountains
northeast.
is the

16

Stanfords geographic position and surrounding topography can be clearly seen in this Google Earth map.
Using data collected by NASAs Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, Googlefounded by Stanford graduates
brings Web-based geospatial mapping to personal computers around the world.

Not only is the University set

amidst a vital economic and
cultural landscape, it also is
surrounded by some of the
nations most magnificent regions
for natural beauty and outdoor
recreation. From the vineyards
of Napa and Sonoma Valleys to
the ski slopes of Tahoe, from the
wilds of Yosemite to the cliffs of
Big Sur, destinations that clear
the mind and refresh the spirit
are only a day trip away.

Silicon Valley

Reno
Lake Tahoe
Napa
Sonoma
San Francisco
Yosemite
San Jose
Monterey
Big Sur

Pacific
Ocean

Los Angeles

In 1939, in this unassuming garage in Palo Alto, David

Packard, 34, Engineering 39, and William Hewlett, 34,
Engineering 39, developed their ideas in a partnership
that led to the creation of Hewlett-Packard and the
rise of Silicon Valley. Their first large orderfrom
Walt Disney Productionswas for oscillators that
were used in the making of Fantasia.

17

ITS IN THE

18

SINCE THE UNIVERSITYS FOUNDING, the goal

of exercising an influence on behalf of humanity
and civilization has driven some of the
most exciting research on the planet. Behind
Stanfords academic enterprise is a commitment
to positive transformationof individuals, of
knowledge and of the worldand a reputation
for applying exceptional resources to achieve
groundbreaking advances.

19

1,189
THE MISSION :

At a Glance

research centers,
laboratories, institutes
and other academic facilities

$5+

million in
undergraduate
research funding

Up to

16

students in each
introductory seminar class

25

Approximately

interdisciplinary
degree programs

200+

introductory seminar choices

20

130+

70+
undergraduate
fields of study

undergraduate schools

100+

scholarly works presented at the

Symposia of Undergraduate Research
and Public Service

80+

HUNDREDS

of community service opportunities

percent of undergraduates
studying a foreign language
Approximate undergraduate
student-to-faculty ratio of

5:1

Approximately

100

students participating
in Bing Honors College

$145,919,000

in undergraduate scholarship funds

from Stanford awarded annually

50+

percent of students
studying abroad

21

UNDERGRADUATE FIELDS OF STUDY

School of Humanities and Sciences
American Studies
Anthropology
Archaeology
Art and Art History
Art History
Art Practice
Film and Media
Studies
Biology
Chemistry
Classics
Communication
Comparative Studies
in Race and Ethnicity
African and African
American Studies
Asian American
Studies
Chicana/o-Latina/o
Studies
Comparative Studies
Jewish Studies
Native American
Studies

East Asian Languages

and Cultures
Economics
Education (Minor)
English
Creative Writing
Ethics in Society
Feminist, Gender and
Sexuality Studies
History
Human Biology
International,
Comparative and
Area Studies
African Studies
East Asian Studies
International Relations
Latin American Studies
Russian, East European
and Eurasian Studies

Linguistics
Literatures, Cultures
and Languages*
Comparative Literature
French and Italian
German Studies
Iberian and Latin
American Cultures
Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Mathematical and
Computational Science
Mathematics
Medieval Studies
Music
Composition
Conducting
History and Theory
Music, Science
and Technology
Performance

Biomedical Computation
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
CS + X*

Electrical Engineering
Engineering Physics
Environmental
Engineering
Management Science
and Engineering

Energy Resources
Engineering

Geological and
Environmental Sciences

Philosophy
Physics
Astronomy
Political Science
Psychology
Public Policy
Religious Studies
Science, Technology
and Society
Sociology
Statistics
Symbolic Systems
Theater and
Performance Studies
Dance (Minor)
Urban Studies
*Students are able to study more
than 20 languages through the
Stanford Language Center.

School of Engineering
Aeronautics and
Astronautics
Architectural Design
Atmosphere/Energy
Bioengineering
Biomechanical
Engineering

Materials Science
and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Product Design
*Joint major with select
humanities departments

School of Earth Sciences

Earth Systems

Geophysics

Pre-professional advising is available in all three schools for students who want to attend business, law or medical school.

The School of Humanities and Sciences

23
572
21

HUMANITIES AND ARTS

NATURAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SCIENCES

departments
faculty members

interdisciplinary programs

Stanford ranks high in all of

its humanities and sciences
categories, with #1 rankings in
psychology, biological sciences and
statistics, and top-5 rankings
in chemistry, economics, English,
history, mathematics, political
science, physics and sociology.
U.S. News & World Report, Best Grad Schools

AMONG H&S PROGRAMS:

The School of Humanities

and Sciences awards nearly
75 percent of Stanfords
undergraduate degrees and
more than 40 percent of its
doctoral degrees.

The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research focuses on

issues of gender in the workplace, with an emphasis on science,
technology and engineering.
The Center for Probing the Nanoscale is committed to developing
nanoscale research toolswith the prospective annual market in
nanotechnology estimated at $1 trillion within 10 to 15 years.
The King Research and Education Institute channels Stanfords
resources through programs that support Martin Luther King Jr.s
dream of global peace and social justice.
The Barbara and Bowen H. Buzz McCoy Program
in Ethics and Society helps fund ethics-oriented courses
in 20 different disciplines at Stanford.
The Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies generates
a core of understanding of Islamfrom its culture and history to
its relationship with contemporary politics and society.

Combining white for the arts and gold for sciences, the H&S shield bears a red cross that covers
the majority of its surface, symbolizing the proportion of Stanford undergraduates in the school.
23

The School of Engineering

AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
ATMOSPHERE AND ENERGY
BIOENGINEERING
BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BIOMEDICAL COMPUTATION
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CS + X
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING PHYSICS
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PRODUCT DESIGN

About

31
11

17

In addition to its existing degree programs, the School of

Engineering offers the individually designed major (IDM). With
faculty guidance, students define their program and submit
a proposal outlining a course of study. Past IDM programs
have included biomedical informatics, computer graphics and
simulation, design and manufacturing, and energy engineering.

percent of declared undergraduates at Stanford are in engineering programs

percent of undergraduates are women

percent of undergraduates are international students

INTERDISCIPLINARY
PROGRAMS:
Architectural Design
integrates engineering
and architecture to
create innovative and
sustainable structures
Institute for Computational
& Mathematical
Engineering (iCME)
promotes research at the
intersection of modeling,

mathematical and
numerical analysis, and
scientific computing
Hasso Plattner Institute of
Designbrings together
people from big companies,
start-ups, schools, nonprofits,
government and anyone
else who realizes the power
of design thinking

Stanfords engineering
programs are ranked #1 in
electrical engineering, environmental engineering
and mechanical engineering, and hold top-5 rankings
in aeronautics and astronautics, biomechanical
engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering,
computer engineering, industrial engineering,
and materials science and engineering.
US News & World Report, Best Grad Schools
24

In recent years, nearly half of

Stanford undergraduate
engineering degrees were
awarded to students of color,
making Stanford one of the
most diverse engineering
schools in the United States.

The School of Earth Sciences

EARTH SYSTEMS
ENERGY RESOURCES ENGINEERING
GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GEOPHYSICS

200
400
55
4
2

undergraduates
graduate students

faculty members

Stanfords Earth Sciences program

is ranked among the top 5
in the nation.
U.S. News & World Report, Best Science Schools

SOME RESEARCH THEMES:

Earth history
Energy
Fresh water
Oceans
Natural hazards

Nearly every Stanford earth sciences undergraduate

experiences education in the field, from the
mountains in Wyoming to Stanford at Sea, from
Australia to Hawaii and other research sites around
the world. Almost all include service learning
opportunities to engage with local communities.

departments
interdisciplinary programs

Continental dynamics,
structural geology and
tectonics
Geochemistry, mineralogy
and petrology
Computational Earth and
environmental science

Sustainable management

Land use and land cover

change

Climate change and impacts

Geothermal engineering

Biogeochemical cycles

Earthquakes and volcanoes

Branner Earth Sciences

Library houses about
125,000 volumes (including
more than 2,000 serial titles)
and around 270,000 maps.

INTERDISCIPLINARY
STUDY:
In addition to majors in
the departments of Energy
Resources Engineering,
Geological and Environmental
Sciences, and Geophysics,
the Department of
Environmental Earth System
Science offers an interdisciplinary environmental
science major through the
Earth Systems program.

Earth systems students learn

about and independently
investigate complex environmental problems caused by
human activities in interaction
with natural changes in the
Earths system, combining
science fundamentals with the
economic, societal and
policy expertise necessary
to address these challenges.

25

I enrolled in a freshman seminar entitled

Intracellular Trafficking and Neurodegeneration.
The class investigated diseases at a cellular level,
specifically those of the nervous system. It was one
of the best courses I have ever taken; studying for
it felt like more of a leisure activity than a chore.
Rocco Cervantes, 15, Long Beach, California

26

A SMOOTH TRANSITION
To bridge the divide between
high school and universitylevel course work, first-year
students take freshman
writing as well as Thinking
Matters, a course organized
around questions or problems
that help develop critical and
analytical skills.

INTRODUCTORY
SEMINARS
Freshman, sophomore,
and transfer students can
explore their interests in
focused, small-group
courses (each capped at
16 students) with some of
Stanfords most esteemed
faculty members. In these
elective courses, students
build an intellectual community among peers who share a
fascination with a particular
discipline or area of study.
As they pursue their passionssometimes into areas
outside of their comfort
zonesstudents gain an
analytical framework and
familiarity with methodologies that may lead them
toward further research
and discovery.

27

POLISCI 22SC

The Face of Battle

HISTORY 11W

Scott Sagan,
Department of Political Science
and Joe Felter,
Senior Research Scholar

Service Learning
Workshop on Issues of
Education Equity
Albert Camarillo,
Department of History

S O PH O M O RE CO L L EGE
For students, an intensive learning experience;
for faculty members, the most fun teaching ever

For three weeks before their sophomore year begins,

students have the opportunity to participate in Sophomore
College, a residential academic program in which they
and about a dozen of their peers work closely with a faculty
member on a topic of mutual interest. During this time,
students immerse themselves in intellectual exploration,
forming bonds with their professor and classmates that
often continue beyond their years at Stanford.

ANTHRO 177

Environmental Change
and Emerging
Infectious Diseases
William Durham,
Department of Anthropology

COMPLIT 57

Human Rights and World Literature

David Palumbo-Liu,
Department of Comparative Literature

28

ITALIAN 75N

Narrative Medicine
and Near-Death
Experiences
Laura Wittman,
Division of Literatures,
Cultures and Languages

PSYC 135

Sleep and Dreams

William Dement,
Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences

ECON 13SC

A Random Walk
Down Wall Street
John Shoven,
Department of Economics

CS 90SI

Code the Change: Learn

Web Development Through
Nonprofit Projects
Stephen Cooper,
Department of Computer Science

URBANST 164

Sustainable Cities
Deland Chan,
Department of Urban Studies

F R O M V I R G I N I A WOOL F . . . TO
W IN D V E LO C I TY

With more funding available for

undergraduate researchmore than
$5 million per yearthan at any
other college or university in the nation,
Stanford students have every
opportunity to engage in high-level
research. Students usually write research
proposals with advice from faculty
sponsors to have their projects funded
enabling them to cover such expenses
as travel and equipment and to devote
full attention to their research.
The University even offers classes in
qualitative and field research methods
to help students gain competence
before they begin.

30

HUMANITIES RESEARCH takes undergraduates deep into new

territory. In tandem with extensive background research, students
have received grants to photograph churches in France, study
activism among public housing tenants in Harlem and undertake
ethnographic fieldwork in Japanamong countless other projects.

RESEARCH IN THE SCIENCES engages students at the frontiers of

knowledgefrom exploring the genetic components of Alzheimers
disease and investigating cognitive development in preschool
children to creating virtual reality simulations and searching for
new forms of matter.

All possible doors to undergraduate research are open.

Karen Cook, Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, and Professor of Sociology

31

How can nations fight terrorism without increasing the

grievances of terrorists?

T H E S E A R C H FO R SOLU TION S

By fostering innovative, interdisciplinary approaches, providing

support for high-level research and removing constraints to
creativity, Stanford frees some of the best minds anywhere to
address the worlds most pressing questions.

How can nanotechnology be applied to solving

environmental, health and energy problems?

How can schools be

improved across all
segments of society?

How can developing countries gain access to

affordable lifesaving drugs?

How can society minimize the corruption that

accompanies economic development?

32

How does aging affect

neurological functions?

How can adult stem cell

research translate into
treatments for diseases with
genetic origins?
How can radiation
surgery target tumors
without damaging
surrounding tissue?

How can illness-causing bacteria

help us detect environmental
contamination?

How can quality of life be

maintained as people age?

How might the oceans help

us control climate change?

How can a growing world population consume sufficient food

and water without endangering the earths resources?
33

Re(search)
(re)sources
Stanfords more than
130 research centers,
laboratories, institutes and
other academic facilities
generate some of the worlds
most important research
and scholarship. Among the
many at which undergraduates can be found:
1. STANFORD
HUMANITIES CENTER
With a mission to probe the historical,
philosophical and cultural dimensions
of the human experience, the Humanities Center provides state-of-the-art
research and writing facilities,
along with research workshops,
fellowships and public presentations
by prominent scholars.

2. CANTOR ARTS CENTER

In addition to its function as a
showcase for world-renowned art,
Cantor provides a base for teaching
and research across disciplines.

3. JAMES H. CLARK CENTER

An interdisciplinary research facility,
the Center is home to Stanfords
Bio-X Program, which brings
ideas and methods from engineering,
computer science, physics,
chemistry and other fields to bear
on challenges in bioscience.
34

5
4. GREEN LIBRARY
Along with its immense holdings in
the social sciences and humanities,
Green Library offers group study rooms,
subject area reference specialists, public
kiosk computers and computer clusters,
and wireless connections from nearly
every seat in the Bing Wing.

5. SLAC NATIONAL
ACCELERATOR LABORATORY
The Centers high-energy physics
and synchrotron research facilities
feature a two-mile-long linear
accelerator, which has played a
key role in Stanfords breakthroughs
in elementary particle physics.

6. WOODS INSTITUTE
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

Housed in the Y2E2 Building, the Institute

promotes multidisciplinary environmental
research in four main areasenergy
and climate, land use and conservation,
oceans and estuaries, and fresh water
addressing complex environmental
issues and seeking sustainable
approaches to development.

TA KIN G T H E E N V I RONM EN T S PULSE

With Stanfords proximity to the

Pacific Ocean and with environmental
research facilities on the western edge
of campus and on the coast, students
have opportunities and resources to
study both land and ocean ecosystems.

JASPER RIDGE, Stanfords biological preserve, attracts researchers

from all over the world to a 1,189-acre natural laboratory in the foothills
of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

36

At the Hopkins Marine Station, researchers

are studying the profound impact that humans
have on the worlds seas, developing practical
solutions that lead scientific, commercial
and political interests toward a common goal:
restoring fragile ocean habitats.
Richard Saller, Vernon R. and Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences and
Kleinheinz Family Professor of European Studies

Dan GriffinGG Films

HOPKINS MARINE STATION provides a base of operations for marine sciences professor Steve Palumbi and students, who have found a way
to help corals build resistance to the stress created by warming waters.

37

A S PIR I T O F SE RV ICE

Stanford students want to

engage with the world
not simply for their own
advancement, but for the
betterment and benefit
of others. With hundreds of
opportunities for service,
including service-learning
courses, community-based
research projects, leadership
opportunities and summer
fellowships, the University
gives them the tools and
resources to make a difference.
Students create their own
opportunities for public
service as well: more
than 100 student organizations have a community
service component.

38

THE HAAS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE connects students with opportunities for
community and public service throughout the Bay Area. The Center, recognized as a
national model for public service education, encourages Stanford students to impact
their community through service, scholarship and community partnerships.

THROUGH THE HAAS

CENTER, STANFORD
OFFERS:
Undergraduate summer
fellowships and postgraduate
fellowships with public
service organizations and
communities, both domestic
and international
Service-learning courses that
connect students with public
service opportunities
Research opportunities in
partnership with community
organizations that benefit
from student-generated data
and analysis
Work-study positions with
nonprofit organizations that
enable students to serve the
community and pay for educational expenses
Leadership courses, programs
and resources that prepare
students for leadership roles
in public service
SOWING SEEDS OF VOLUNTEERISM, students work with organic
farmers growing a crop of Pacific Rainbow corn at the one-acre Stanford
Community Farm.

HAAS CENTER BY
THE NUMBERS
Nearly one-third of Stanford
undergraduates participate in
one or more Haas Center
programs each year.
More than 100 service
fellowships are awarded
each year.
More than 250 students
participate in Alternative
Spring Break courses
and trips each year.
STUDENTS TUTOR AND MENTOR at public schools in East Palo Alto
through faculty-advised programs. Helping children develop language
and literacy skills is both a learning experience and a fulfilling way to
contribute to the community.

39

Stanfords culture of creativity

and innovation fosters an arts scene
alive with both professional
and student voices.
Stanford Live brings live performance in all its forms
to Stanford, as well as education and community
programs that provide opportunities to interact with
renowned artists.
Kimball Hall is an arts-themed dorm at Stanford
that features grand pianos, a recording studio and
opportunities to engage with the arts on and off campus.
The Arts Intensive program allows students to spend
three weeks prior to fall quarter in rigorous, for-credit
training in a particular arts discipline.

40

Recent arts events on campus include a reading by

author T. C. Boyle, performances of Les Misrables by Stanford
theater group Rams Head and of Patience, or Bunthornes Bride
by Stanford Savoyards, and concerts by the San Francisco
Symphony, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Scott, China
National Orchestra, Stanford Laptop Orchestra, roots-rock
legends Los Lobos, and Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

The Arts Institute Summer Internship Program provides

summer stipends to students interested in pursuing careers as arts
professionals in administration, production and management.

Visiting artists at Stanford have recently included

choreographer, performer and conceptual artist Ann Carlson;

digital musician Robert Henke; interdisciplinary artist
Ellen Lake; actor, director and composer Jeffrey Bihr;
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner; Tony
Award-winning actors Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin;
Diavolo Dance Theater collective; biographer Aris Fioretos;
documentary filmmaker Helen Whitney; Merce Cunningham
Dance Company; visual artist Paul Kaiser; and renowned
French theater director Georges Lavaudant.

The Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery frequently

exhibits student and faculty work.

The collection of Stanfords Iris and B. Gerald Cantor

Center for Visual Arts spans 4,000 years of art history.

The museum building for the Anderson Collection

at Stanford University, opening in 2014, will house

one of the foremost collections of post-World War II American
artincluding works by Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell,
Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

The $85 million McMurtry Building, scheduled for

completion in 2015, will bring together the Art and Art History
Departments programs in art practice, art history, film and
media studies, and documentary film.

The Universitys California location, central to

Americas film industry, has proven ideal for the new
Film and Media Studies program, which draws
students interested in studying all aspects of the
moving imagefrom history and culture to performance,
technology and criticism.

The 842-seat Bing Concert Hall showcases both visiting musicians and Stanford faculty and
students in performances ranging from soloists to full orchestras.

41
photo by Tracy Martin

VISUAL CREATIONS
With studios for painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking; a photography lab; and an
Experimental Media Arts lab, undergraduates have created everything from paintings inspired by
arctic light to a kinetic sine-wave sculpture addressing environmental issues.

DRAMATIC OPPORTUNITIES
From the Rams Head Theatrical Society to improvisational and
politically conscious theater, a light opera troupe, Stanford Shakespeare
Society, Blackstage and the Asian American Theater Project,
theater groups on campus help students explore their art.

IMAGES IN MOTION
Students majoring in Film and Media Studies ground
themselves in visual arts and the fundamentals of film and
video production before specializing in film history;
film and culture; film, media and technology; writing,
criticism and practice; or aesthetics and performance.

42

BODIES OF WORK
Recent undergraduate dance events include Twilight Composite,
performed at the Kennedy Center; Swan Lake Recalibrated; and Firework,
a showing of student works in progress.

HEARING THINGS
In addition to a more traditional music major,
Stanford music students can pursue a Music,
Science and Technology major, working on the
frontiers of computer music, digital audio
and signal processing. Performance groups
range from the Early Music Singers to
Stanford Laptop Orchestra.

To see the arts in action, go to:

arts.stanford.edu

Students and faculty take a multidisciplinary approach to the arts,

creating work that pushes boundaries
and connects theory with practice.
43

ITS IN THE

44

STANFORD STUDENTS AND FACULTY come to

campus from a vast range of backgrounds
and from all over the world. Together,
they form a community whose pursuit of
excellence knows few boundaries. From
academic passion to extracurricular invention,
from social interaction to athletic devotion,
students unleash their energies with
enthusiasm and drivesupporting,
influencing, inspiring and collaborating
with one another in nearly every area of life.

45

THE PEOPLE :

At a Glance

6,980

total undergraduates in 2013-14

30% in the School of Humanities and Sciences
17% in the School of Engineering
2% in the School of Earth Sciences
51% undeclared

112
86
62

Rhodes Scholars
Marshall Award winners
Truman Scholars

12

Mayfield Fellows chosen

each year to work with
venture-capital
mentors and do a paid
summer internship at a
Silicon Valley start-up
company before graduating

900
100
Approximately

student-athletes and

1,500+

alumni who assist

students with
networking
and professional
development

11

coaches and assistants

16

medals in the
2012 Olympics
12 of which were gold

Stanford alumni who

currently serve in the
U.S. Congress

2,043
faculty members

46

68+

percent of undergraduate
courses with 19 or fewer students

STANFORD CLASS OF 2018 PROFILE

Academic Achievement:
Top 10% of high school class*
Top 20% of high school class*
SAT Critical Reading score 700800
SAT Math score 700800
SAT Writing score 700800

Freshman Admission:

42,167
Total applicants**

Applicants
admitted
2,145

Percent of
applicants
admitted
5.1

95%
98%
71%
80%
76%

*Where reported

Socioeconomic Diversity:

47%

of freshmen receiving
Stanford financial aid

84%

**As of June 2, 2014

1,691
Entering freshmen**

**As of June 2, 2014

50
61

Geographic Diversity:

states represented and

countries represented

of students receiving
some form of
financial assistance

14%

of freshmen who are the

first generation
in their families to
attend college
Ethnic Diversity:
Stanford is among the
most diverse colleges
in the United States.
Among the many
measures of diversity,
approximately half of
Stanford freshmen are
students of color.

24%
14%
11%
9%
4%

Asian American
Latino/a

African American
international
American Indian,
Alaska Native and
Native Hawaiian

47

Stanfords Nobels . . .
Since the Universitys
founding, 31 faculty
members have won
the Nobel Prize.

CHEMISTRY

ECONOMIC SCIENCES

PHYSIOLOGY/MEDICINE

1954 Research into nature

1972 Contributions to general

economic equilibrium theory and
welfare theory

1959 Discovery of the

mechanisms in the biological
synthesis of ribonucleic acid
(RNA) and deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA)

of the chemical bond and

application to the elucidation
of the structure of complex
substances

1974 Fundamental achievements, both theoretical and

experimental, in the physical
chemistry of the macromolecules

1976 Achievements in the

fields of consumption
analysis, monetary history
and theory and for the
demonstration of the complexity
of stabilization policy

1980 Studies of the bio-

1990 Pioneering work in the

chemistry of nucleic acids,

with particular regard to
recombinant DNA

1983 Work on the mechanisms

of electron transfer reactions,
especially in metal complexes

2006 Studies of molecular bases

of eukaryotic transcription

2012 Studies of G-proteincoupled receptors

DOUGLAS OSHEROFF, winner
of the 1996 Nobel Prize
in physics, teaches
several courses in the
Physics Department.

2013 Work developing

multiscale models for complex
chemical systems

theory of financial economics

1992 Extended the domain of

microeconomic analysis to a
wide range of human behavior
and interaction, including
nonmarket behavior
1993 Applying economic theory
and quantitative methods in
order to explain economic and
institutional change
1997 New method to determine

the value of derivatives

2001 Analyses of markets with

asymmetric information
2011 Research that shed
light on the cause-and-effect
relationship between the
economy and policy instruments
such as interest rates and
government spending
2012 Contributions to the
theory of stable allocations and
the practice of market design

2006 Discovery of RNA interferencegene silencing

by double-stranded RNA
2013 Demonstrated how
vesicles are held in place,
ready to release signal-bearing
molecules at the right moment
PEACE
1962 Efforts to bring
about international ban on
nuclear testing and promote
world peace
PHYSICS
1952 Development of
new methods for nuclear
magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in
connection therewith
1956 Researches on semiconductors and the discovery
of the transistor effect
1961 Pioneering discoveries
regarding the structure of
nucleons
1976 Discovery of a
heavy elementary particle
of a new kind
1981 Contribution to the
development of laser
spectroscopy

STANFORDS CURRENT
COMMUNITY
OF SCHOLARS
INCLUDES:

20 National Medal of
Science recipients

32 National Academy of
Education members

2 National Medal of
Technology recipients

51 American Philosophical
Society members

22 Nobel laureates

277 American Academy of

Arts and Sciences members

7 Wolf Foundation
Prize winners

158 National Academy of

Sciences members

6 Koret Foundation
Prize winners

104 National Academy of

Engineering members

3 Presidential Medal of
Freedom winners

5 Pulitzer Prize winners

27 MacArthur Fellows
3 National Humanities
Medal recipients
48

67 Institute of
Medicine members

1990 Investigations concerning

deep inelastic shattering of
electrons or protons and bound
neutrons, contributing to the
development of the quark model
in particle physics
1995 Discovery of the tau
lepton for pioneering
experimental contributions
to lepton physics
1996 Discovery of superfluidity
in helium-3
1997 Development of methods
to cool and trap atoms with
laser light
1998 Discovery of a new form of
quantum fluid with fractionally
charged excitations

and faculty notables (among many)

COIT D. BLACKER

KEITH DEVLIN

JAMES GIBBONS

TERRY L. ROOT

Olivier Nomellini Professor in

International Studies, Professor
of Political Science, senior fellow
at the Freeman Spogli Institute
for International Studies. Served
as special assistant to the
president of the United States for
National Security Affairs and
senior director for Russian,
Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs
at the National Security Council
during the Clinton administration.

Executive director and

co-founder, Human-Sciences
and Technologies Advanced
Research Institute. Author of
30 books and is the Math Guy
on NPRs Weekend Edition.

Professor of Electrical Engineering. Invented Tutored Video

Instruction and served
on committees advising the
Presidential Science Advisor
in the Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr.
and Clinton administrations.

Professor of Biological Sciences,

senior fellow at the Woods
Institute for the Environment.
Lead author of the 2007
International Panel on
Climate Change who demonstrated the importance of
scale in ecological research.

EAVAN BOLAND
Professor of English, director
of the creative writing program.
Irish poet, winner of the Lannan
Literary Award for Poetry and
member of the International
Writers Centers advisory board
at Washington University.

AL CAMARILLO
Professor of American History,
Leon Sloss Jr. Memorial
Professor.Author of seven
books and dozens of articles
and essays about the experiences of Mexican Americans
and other racial and immigrant
groups. Widely regarded as
a founding scholar of the field
of Mexican American history
and Chicano Studies.

STANLEY NORMAN COHEN

Professor of Genetics and Medicine. Pioneered transplanting
genes from one cell to another,
which led to the field of genetic
engineering. Won the National
Medal of Science in 1988.

WILLIAM C. DEMENT
Professor of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences.
Founded the worlds first
sleep laboratory at Stanford
and is a leading authority
on sleep, sleep deprivation
and sleep disorders such as
sleep apnea and narcolepsy.

LARRY DIAMOND
Senior Fellow at the Freeman
Spogli Institute and the Hoover
Institution and Professor of
Political Science and Sociology.
Was senior adviser on
governance to the Coalition
Provisional Authority in
Iraq in 2004, and was the
founding co-editor of the
Journal of Democracy.

CARL DJERASSI
(EMERITUS)
Professor of Chemistry. Inducted
into the National Inventors Hall
of Fame for contributions to
the development of the birth
control pill. A prolific fiction
writer focusing on the human
side of scientists and the
personal conflicts they face.

BRADLEY EFRON
Professor of Statistics and
Health Research and Policy.
Came up with the bootstrap
resampling technique.
Founding editor of the Annals
of Applied Statistics, recipient
of the MacArthur Genius
Award and winner of the
National Medal of Science.

PAUL RALPH EHRLICH

Professor of Population Studies,
president of the Center for
Conservation Biology. Recipient
of the Crafoord Prize, awarded
by the Royal Swedish Academy
of Sciences and considered
the highest award given in
the field of ecology. Also an
accomplished lepidopterist
(butterfly guy).

JOHN L. HENNESSY
President of Stanford.
Pioneer in the field of
Reduced Instruction Set
Computer and the
architecture of highperformance computers.
Also on the board of Google.

DONALD KNUTH
(EMERITUS)
Professor of Computer Science.
Created the TeX typesetting
system, which allows
anyone to produce highquality books. Authored
multivolume The Art of
Computer Programming.

CONDOLEEZZA RICE
Professor of Political Science
and Political Economy, Hoover
Institution senior fellow.
Former secretary of state and
national security advisor
for the United States. Served
as the Universitys provost
from 19931999.

JAMES RISSER
(EMERITUS)
Professor of Communication.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize
winner for national reporting.
The first was for exposing
corruption in the grain
exporting industry; the
second was for showing the
destructive impact of American
agriculture on the environment.

KRISTINE SAMUELSON
(EMERITA)
Professor of Art and Art
History. Academy Awardnominated producer of
documentary films, some of
which have been broadcast
on PBS and screened at
the Sundance Film Festival.

LEONARD SUSSKIND
Professor of Physics, director
of the Stanford Institute for
Theoretical Physics. One of the
originators of String Theory.

SEBASTIAN THRUN
Research Professor of Computer
Science, co-founder of Udacity,
a provider of online education
(MOOCs). Led development
team of the robotic vehicle
Stanley, which won the 2005
DARPA Grand Challenge.
He is also a Google Fellow, has
worked on the development
of the Google self-driving car
system and is co-inventor of
Google Street View.

Universities ought to be
places in which all points
of view are both represented and welcomed.
If universities are not
open to views, no matter
how controversial, I dont
know where the practices
of the freedom of ideas
will be carried out.
Condoleezza Rice,
Professor of Political Science
and Political Economy
(The Stanford Daily)

49

Stanford students
play as hard as they work
from intramural
volleyball . . .
INTRAMURAL
SPORTS
(A SAMPLING):
Badminton
Basketball (3v3)
Basketball (5v5)
Billiards
Bowling
Dodgeball
Flag Football

CLUB SPORTS:
Archery
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Competitive
Cheer
Competitive
Climbing

50

Foosball (2v2)
Golf
Indoor Soccer
Indoor Volleyball (6v6)
Innertube Water Polo
Kickball
Outdoor Soccer
Racquetball
Sand Volleyball
Softball

Cycling
Equestrian
Hurling
Ice Hockey
Judo
Lacrosse
Polo

Squash
Swimming
Table Tennis (Singles)
Table Tennis (Doubles)
Team Tennis
Tennis Singles
Ultimate Frisbee
Wallyball
Whiffle Ball

Rugby
Running
Skiing and
Snowboarding
Soccer
Squash
Swimming
Table Tennis

Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Ultimate
Volleyball
Water Polo

A SAMPLING OF THE
MORE THAN 650
STUDENT-RUN
ORGANIZATIONS:

Alpha Kappa Psi

Alpine Club
Amateur Radio Club
Amnesty International
Arbor Free Clinic
Army ROTC of Stanford
Asia-Pacific Student
Entrepreneurship Society
Astronomical Society
Bhakti Yoga Club
Black Pre-Law Society

Cardinal Ballet Company

Chamber Chorale
Christian Students
Comedy Club
Community Gardens
Concert Network
Counterpoint a cappella
Film Society
Flamenco Cardenal
Gaming Society
Gospel Choir
Green Living Council
Habitat for Humanity
Hmong Student Union
Improvisors
Jazz Orchestra

Kuumba African Dance

and Drum Ensemble
Mariachi Cardenal de
Stanford
Mock Trial
Muslim Student
Awareness Network
Natives in Medicine
Nigerian Students
Association
Night Outreach to
the Homeless
Queer/Straight Alliance
Quiz Bowl Club
Running Club
Shakespeare Company

Solar Car Project

Spoken Word Collective
The Stanford Daily
Stanford Symphony
Orchestra
Stanford Steppers
Stanford Students in
Entertainment
Tango Club
Venture Capital Club
World Peace Buddhists

. . . to Stanford
Taiko . . .

51

. . . to spontaneous
fountain hopping.
Among cherished traditions:
splashing in several of the
25 fountains on campus,
all of which are chlorinated.

52

SOME OTHER
STANFORD
TRADITIONS:
Doing The Jump
when the marching
band plays All
Right Now
Walking to the Dish
Full Moon on the
Quad (seniors kissing
freshmen in the
Quad under the
full moon)
Attending Gaieties
(a studentwritten comedy
revue) during Big
Game week

Yelling the Axe Cheer

during the Big Game
Attending Flicks
(movie offerings) in
Memorial Auditorium,
with pre-show
paper fights
Playing the Game
(a weekend-long, Bay
Area scavenger hunt
full of cryptic clues)
Celebrating Halloween
at the Mausoleum Party
Primal Scream (yelling
out windows at
midnight during Dead
and Finals Weeks)

53

HOME OF
CHAMPIONS

Dominating. Unequalled. Most decorated. Unprecedented.

Simply the best. Since 1980, Stanfords NCAA Division I athletics
program has claimed nearly every superlative, capturing
123 national championships. Its athletes have
won a record number of NCAA titles, consistently outperforming opponents
in individual competition. Its all-time womens
championships stand second to none.
As Stanford students continue to
amass trophies and set records, success
builds on success. At more than 90 percent,
the football teams graduation rate
is the highest in the Pac-12 Conference.
The culture of scholarly and athletic
achievement runs deep and extends
in all directions. At every level of
involvement, students revel in the
excellence of Stanford athletics.

Each year, the Directors Cup honors the top

overall athletic program in the nation. Stanford
has won the title for 20 consecutive years.

SPORT

MENS

Baseball

Basketball

Cross Country

Fencing

Field Hockey

Stanford Stadium, home of the Stanford

Cardinal football team, once hosted the NFL
Super Bowl, as well as World Cup Soccer.
The stadium is a focal point for high-octane
competitionincluding the annual Big Game,
centerpiece of Stanfords 117-year rivalry with the
University of CaliforniaBerkeley.

Football

Golf

Gymnastics

Lacrosse
Rowing

Rowing (Lightweight)
Sailing

Soccer

Softball

Squash
Swimming & Diving

Sand Volleyball

Tennis

Track & Field

Volleyball

Water Polo

Wrestling

Sync Swimming

Stanford teams have won

at least one national
championship for
38 consecutive years
an ongoing NCAA record.

WOMENS

55

Since 1912,
Stanford athletes
have seen Olympic
competition in more
than a dozen sports.

Students choose from 36 varsity

sports, 26 club sports and approximately
two dozen intramural sports each year,
with 9,000 students, faculty and staff
participating in intramural competition.

57

Sam Howles-Banerji,
Chemistry with biochemistry
focus; worked with faculty
member in lab for a year
studying Celiac Sprue (a
wheat allergy)

Chris Chan, Computer Science;

participated in summer
work-study entrepreneurship
program in India, winter
in Berlin
Now:
Co-Founder and
Executive Board Member
at Causes

Now:

Alan Shaw, Biological Sciences;

spent summers with a San Diego
endodontist researching root
canal failure; planned to attend
the Pacific School of Dentistry
after graduation

Working in the hospitality

department at Ridge
Vineyards in Cupertino, CA

Practicing dentistry

Now:

Kristjan Petursson,
Computer Science; drum
section leader in 2004,
worked at Causes with
Chris (far left) as a
software engineer
Now:
Director of Engineering,
Apartment List

Matt Janes, Symbolic

Systems, concentration
in human-computer
interaction; was on a leave
of absence working as
a software engineer at
mSpot (a startup making
multimedia applications
for cell phones)

MUSICAL NOTES
Stanfords unofficial fight
song, All Right Now by
Free combines the immortal
lyrics, All right now, baby,
its a-all right now, with a
tune ideally suited to highenergy performance.
Former director Arthur P.
Barnes innovative arrangement of The Star Spangled
Banner was first performed at
the home football game
following the assassination of
President Kennedy.
In addition to supporting
Stanfords athletic teams, the
Band performs at more than
100 community events each
year, including school
fundraisers, the AIDS Walk,
and the Special Olympics.

Now:
Android Engineer
at Wanelo

INCOMPARABLE (IN E VE RY W AY)

Ambassadors of Stanford spirit, the Leland

Stanford Junior University Marching Band
known for taking halftime shows to a new
leveldoesnt so much march as spread
creative mayhem.

59

Indoors and Out

Stanford students revel in campus life.
With housing guaranteed for all four
yearsand with residence options for
every tasteundergraduates enjoy a
strong sense of community. Stanfords
80 housing options include residence
halls, small-group houses, apartments
and suites. Some are organized around
themes (human biology, French language
and culture); others have a particular
focus (arts and performing arts); still
others are student-managed, with
cooperative meal preparation. There
are more than 30 dining options on
campus, including cafeterias, cafs and
restaurants. Students can also eat at
the first on-campus dining facility in
the nation designated as a peanutsensitive environment.

60

61

Commencement Weekendan
exhilarating gathering of
students, friends and
familiesculminates in the
main Commencement
Ceremony held each year
in Stanford Stadium.
(Pictured: Adrien Wagner, Heart
Butte, Montana, and Kapono
Chang, Kaneohe, Hawaii.)

F R E E D O M TO AC H I EV E

Whether they decide to start their

careers, continue on to graduate
school or take time off to volunteer
or travel, graduates can count on
their Stanford degree to help open
doors around the world.

62

W I T H STAN FOR D B EHIND THEM

Stanfords alumni carry the Universitys influence

into the world. The Stanford Alumni Association
connects alumni with new graduates.
SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES
Stephen Breyer, 59
Anthony Kennedy, 58
Sandra Day OConnor, 50
William Rehnquist, 48,
MA 48, JD 52 (deceased)

POLITICIANS
Ehud Barak, MA 79
Former prime minister of Israel
Max Baucus, 64, JD 67
U.S. senator, Montana
Xavier Becerra, BA 80, JD 84
U.S. congressman, California
Cory Booker, BA 91, MA 92
U.S. senator, New Jersey
Joaquin Castro, 96
U.S. congressman, Texas
Julian Castro, 96
Mayor, San Antonio, Texas
Kent Conrad, 72
Former U.S. senator, North Dakota
Dianne Feinstein, 55
U.S. senator, California
Herbert Hoover, 1895
31st president of the
United States
Valerie Jarrett, 78
Senior Advisor to President
Barack Obama

William Leahy, 86
President,
Boston College

LEADERS IN EDUCATION
Derek Bok, 51
Former president,
Harvard University
John C. Bravman, BS 79,
MS 81, PhD 85
President, Bucknell University
John Gardner, 33, MA 36
Former secretary of HEW; founder,
Common Cause (deceased)

Peter Thiel, 89, JD 92

Co-founder, PayPal
Tim Westergren, 88
Founder, Pandora Radio

Peter Salovey, 80, MA 80

President, Yale University

SCIENTISTS AND
PHYSICIANS
Vinton Cerf, 65
Father of the Internet;
co-author, Internet Protocol

Franc Cordova, 69
Director,
National Science Foundation
Eric Cornell, 85
Nobel Prize winner,
physics
Atul Gawande, 87
Surgeon and author
Mae Jemison, 77
Astronaut
Ellen Ochoa, MS 81, PhD 85
Director,
Johnson Space Center
Calvin Quate, MS 47, PhD 50
Inventor, atomic force microscope
Sally Ride, 73, MS 75, PhD 78
Astronaut, first American
woman in space (deceased)

FOUNDERS

Ron Wyden, 71
U.S. senator, Oregon

Elizabeth Farnsworth, MA 66
Co-host, The News Hour
with Jim Lehrer

COMPANIES

Ricardo Maduro, 69
Former president of Honduras

Michael Tubbs, 12
City council member, Stockton,
California

Ben Rattray, 02
Founder, Change.org

Richard Levin, 68
President emeritus,
Yale University

Steve Smith, 81, MS 82,

MBA 87
Astronaut

Susan Rice, 86
U.S. National Security Advisor

Richard Engel, 96
NBC News chief
foreign correspondent

Jerry Yang, MS 90
Co-founder of Yahoo!

Zoe Lofgren, 70
U.S. congresswoman, California

William Perry, 49, MS 50

Former secretary of defense

David Packard, 34, Eng 39

Co-founder, Hewlett-Packard Co.
(deceased)

Tonya Antonucci, 90
Founding commissioner, Womens
Professional Soccer
Ray Dolby, 57
Chairman, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Randy Fields, 68, MA 70
Co-founder, Mrs. Fields
Cookies, Inc.
David Filo, MS 90
Co-founder and chief Yahoo!,
Yahoo! Inc.
William Hewlett, 34, Eng 39
Co-founder, Hewlett-Packard Co.
(deceased)
Philip Knight, MBA 62
CEO, president and chairman, Nike,
Inc.
John Lilly, BS 95, MS 95
Co-founder, Reactivity;
CEO, Mozilla
Scott McNealy, MBA 80
Chairman and CEO,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

More than 350 technology-based

companies have been founded
by members of the Stanford
community, including:
Cisco Systems, Inc., eBay, E*TRADE,
Excite, Inc., Google, IDEO,
Instagram, Intuit, Inc., Netflix,
Silicon Graphics, Inc. and Sun
Microsystems, Inc.

Robert Hass, PhD 76

1996 U.S. poet laureate
David Henry Hwang, 79
Tony Award-winning
playwright, M. Butterfly
Ted Koppel, MA 62
Anchor, ABCs Nightline
Rachel Maddow, 94
Host of MSNBCs The Rachel
Maddow Show

Robert Pinsky, MA 65, PhD 67

1997 U.S. poet laureate
John Steinbeck
Author, Grapes of Wrath,
East of Eden, Of Mice and Men
(deceased)

Ruben Amaro, Jr., 87

General manager,
Philadelphia Phillies

Tobias Wolff, MA 78
Author

Tracey Edmonds, 87
President and CEO,
Edmonds Entertainment

ATHLETES

ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS

Ted Danson
Actor, Cheers, CSI
Sameer Gadhia, 11
Lead singer, Young the Giant
Gale Anne Hurd, 77
Movie and television producer,
Terminator, Armageddon,
The Walking Dead
Robert Motherwell, 37
Painter (deceased)
Jon Nakamatsu, 91, MA 92
Pianist, 1997 Van Cliburn
Gold Medal winner

Mark Appel, 13
Baseball
John Elway, 83
Football
Landry Fields, 10
Basketball
Julie Foudy, 94
Soccer
Toby Gerhart, 10
Football
Ryan Hall, 05
Marathon
Eric Heiden, 84, MD 91
Speed skating
Andrew Luck, 12
Football

Issa Rae, 07
Producer, writer, director

Chiney Ogwumike, 14
Basketball

Fred Savage, 99
Actor, The Wonder Years, Working

Nnemkadi Nneka
Ogwumike, 12
Basketball

Christopher Tin, English 98,

Music 98, MA 99
Grammy Awardwinning composer
Sigourney Weaver, 72
Actress, Alien, Avatar,

Ghostbusters, The Year of

Living Dangerously

Reese Witherspoon
Academy Award-winning actress,
Legally Blonde, Walk the Line

WRITERS AND
JOURNALISTS

Jim Plunkett, 71
Football
Summer Sanders, 95
Swimming
Jenny Thompson, 96
Swimming
Kerri Walsh, 00
Beach volleyball
Michelle Wie, 12
Golf

Juju Chang, 87
Journalist, ABC News
David Chase, MA 71
Emmy Award-winning writer,
creator of The Sopranos

63

Admission
The Office of Undergraduate Admission assembles a freshman class of approximately
1,6501,750 students and a transfer class of approximately 2035 students each year.
We look for distinctive students who exhibit an abundance of energy and curiosity in
their classes, activities, projects, research and lives.

THE EVALUATION
PROCESS
Each application for admission is carefully reviewed. Our
task is to select not simply
those who are qualified, but
those who have distinguished
themselves in their schools
and communities. We look
for students with intellectual
vitality who derive pleasure
from learning for its own
sake and take the initiative
and responsibility for their
own education.
It is almost impossible for us
to estimate the likelihood of
an individual being admitted
without seeing his or her
entire application. Nevertheless, we provide some
statistics in this viewbook
describing the academic
credentials of students who

were recently offered

admission. You should be
cautious in applying these
data to your own candidacy.
A combination of many
sources and factorsincluding academic record, test
scores, references, writing
samples, extracurricular
achievement and personal
background and characteristicsdetermines whether
a student will be admitted
to Stanford.
We have no minimum figures
for grade point average,
test scores or rank in class,
nor are there specific high
school course requirements
for entrance to Stanford.
Academic excellence is the
primary criterion for admission, and the single most
important credential is
the transcript. We look for

CAMPUS TOURS AND INFORMATION SESSIONS:

One way to learn about a college or university is to visit.
Stanford offers admission information sessions as well
as a variety of campus tours throughout the year to help
students get a feel for our campus and culture.
Discover Stanford is a two-part program designed
specifically for prospective students. It includes a walking
tour of campus and an information session focusing on the
unique aspects of Stanford as well as the admission and
financial aid process. Reservations are required and can be
made online at visit.stanford.edu.
Space is limited and schedules are subject to change;
please call ahead or consult our website for the most
current information prior to finalizing your travel plans.

64

academic standouts who

have selected a rigorous
academic program and who
have achieved distinction
in a range of academic
courses. We are not looking
for a specific profile, and
academic success in and
of itself does not guarantee
admission to Stanford.
Students are asked to write
about themselves and their
interests in the application,
and we encourage applicants
to think seriously about their
motivations, curiosities and
background as they formulate
their essays. There is no
right answer; rather,
applicants should allow their
own voice to emerge through
the essays.
We also take into consideration personal qualities
how well an individual has
taken advantage of available
resources and whether the
applicant shows promise as
a contributing community
member. Students need
not be well rounded, nor
do we count the number
of or rank the importance
of extracurricular activities.
We value students who
show commitment in a single
area as well as those who
have pursued a wide variety
of activities.
In some cases, exceptional
ability in the arts or athletics
may influence our decision if
the applicant is otherwise well
qualified. Such abilities by
themselves, however, never
guarantee admission to
Stanford. Guidelines for

submitting samples of work in

the artsfor those applicants
with significant talentare
included with the application.
The Department of Athletics
submits the names of those
applicants whom it is actively
recruiting for varsity sports
programs, but all final
admission decisions are
made by the Office of
Undergraduate Admission.
Stanford does not discriminate on the basis of
disability, handicap or
physical limitation, nor do we
require applicants to provide
information about learning
disabilities, chronic illness or
physical constraints. However,
we often find such information useful in developing a
complete profile of a student.
We invite students to provide
details that might help us
better understand their
circumstances. The decision
to tell us about a disability
is a personal one, and
we respect an applicants
decision not to do so.
We strive to build a class that
cuts across a number of
dimensions to add to a rich
and diverse undergraduate
educational experience for
everyone. We do not use
quotas of any kind in our
admission process. We do not
favor particular schools or
types of schools, nor any
particular geographic region;
there are no racial, religious,
ethnic or gender-related
quotas of any sort. Above

all, we believe that a student

body that is both highly
qualified and diverse in terms
of culture, socioeconomic
status, race, ethnicity,
background, work and life
experiences, skills and
interests is essential to the
educational process. To that
end, we encourage applications from those who would
provide additional contributions and dimensions to
the Stanford community.
HOW TO APPLY
Students must apply
online to Stanford using
the Common Application. The
following credentials must be
submitted to be considered
for admission:
For Freshman Applicants
First-Year Common
Application
School Report (and all high
school/college transcripts)
SAT or ACT Plus
Writing scores
Two Teacher Evaluations
Midyear Report

For Transfer Applicants

Transfer Common
Application
SAT or ACT Plus
Writing scores
Final High School Transcript
College/University
Transcript(s)
College Report
Two Academic Evaluations
RESTRICTIVE
EARLY ACTION
Stanford offers Restrictive
Early Action, a non-binding
early application option for
freshman applicants who
have completed a thorough
and thoughtful college
search, know that Stanford
is their first-choice school,
and are ready to be
evaluated on their academic
and extracurricular record
at the beginning of the
senior year.
Restrictive Early Action at
Stanford allows applicants to
apply to as many colleges as
they want under a regular
decision time frame but
requires that students not
apply to any other college
under any type of early action,
early decision or early
notification program. Visit
admission.stanford.edu for
exceptions to this restriction.

Restrictive Early Action

applicants whose files are
complete by the November 1
application deadline will
receive one of three possible
decisions: 1) Admitted:
the student has until May 1
to respond to Stanford;
2) Deferred for further
consideration in the larger
applicant pool during the
Regular Decision round: the
student will receive a final
decision in early April; or 3)
Denied: the student may
not reapply as a Regular
Decision candidate and is free
to give full attention to other
college options.
It is important to note that
those students who decide
not to apply early to
Stanford need not worry
they will be left behind;
we are committed to
making the majority of
our offers of admission to
those who apply during
the Regular Decision round.
EXAMINATIONS
All applicants, including
international students, must
submit scores from either the
SAT or the ACT Plus Writing.
We do not accept substitutions. We recommend that
students make arrangements
to take the required tests well
in advance of our application
deadlines. It is unlikely

that scores from tests

taken after our deadlines
will arrive in our office in time
for our review process. The
TOEFL is not required for
admission to Stanford,
but we do recommend
this test for students who
do not speak English as their
primary language.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION FOR
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS
Students from 90 countries
make up Stanfords diverse
community. Stanford is proud
of the international character
of its student body and
welcomes applications
from international students.
At the same time, admission
is selective and highly
competitive. The volume of
applications is so large that
only a relatively small
number of the many qualified
applicants is admitted. We
regret that Stanford is not
able to be need-blind for
international applicants (see
Financial Aid for International Students on page 67).
The Bechtel International
Center helps international
students adjust to Stanford,
offers special orientation
programs and other support
services and serves as a
place for cultural exchange.
The Center also supports
more than 30 international
student organizations.

A DM I SSI O N APPL ICATION DAT E S

TYPE OF
ADMISSION

APPLICATION
DEADLINES

ADMISSION
DECISIONS
RELEASED

REPLY TO
STANFORD

RESTRICTIVE
EARLY ACTION

November 1

December 15

May 1

REGULAR
DECISION

January 3

April 1

May 1

TRANSFER

March 15

May 15

June 1

65

Financial Aid
The cost of a Stanford education is significant. If you cannot afford the cost,
Stanford will be there to help. We have a long-standing commitment to
need-based aid through one of the strongest financial aid programs in the nation.
Do not let the costs keep you from considering Stanford.

Tamer Shabani Photography

2014- 2 0 1 5 E STI M ATED B U D GET

ITEM

COST

TUITION AND FEES

$44,757

ROOM AND BOARD

$13,631

PERSONAL EXPENSES

$2,550

BOOKS AND SUPPLIES

$1,425

ORIENTATION FEE
(FIRST YEAR ONLY)

$438

TOTAL

$62,801

Tuition, room and board are direct costs billed to the student
quarterly. Room and board rates vary depending on the housing
facility to which students are assigned and the board plans they
choose. The other budget items are allowances that reflect typical
costs. Each students budget also includes a travel allowance.

66

The Universitys need-based

philosophy is built on the
expectation that our students
and their families will assume
the primary responsibility for
the students educational
costs, to the extent that they
are able. We establish an
individual cost of attendance
or student budget for each
student. Any of these costs
that cannot reasonably be
expected to be covered by the
student and family will be covered by grant and scholarship
funds that may come from
federal and state sources or
the Universitys endowment.
THE STUDENT
RESPONSIBILITY
You, the student, are expected
to contribute from savings
in your name (5 percent
annually) as well as from
summer and academic year

earnings. The typical amount

expected from students is
$5,000 annually. Students are
able to earn this amount
through summer earnings and
8 to 10 hours per week of work
during the academic year.
You may also choose to use
outside scholarships to meet
this expectation. You have
flexibility to choose how you
will meet this responsibility.
THE PARENT
CONTRIBUTION
Determining what your family
can reasonably be expected
to contribute toward
educational costs is the key
to determining eligibility
for scholarship funds. The
Financial Aid Office will
calculate an expected parent
contribution based on your
familys financial circumstances as reported on your

application documents.
Parent income and assets, as
well as the number of family
members enrolled in college,
are among the factors
involved in the calculation.
Although the calculation is
complex, Stanford has
established benchmarks to
help you and your family
understand what the
calculation might be based on
your financial circumstances:
Parents whose total annual
income is less than $60,000
will not be expected to
contribute toward educational costs. Parents with
income between $60,000
and $100,000 will be
expected to contribute
somewhere between $0 and
the cost of room and board,
ensuring enough scholarship
funds to cover the cost of
tuition at a minimum.
Those with higher income
may (and often do!) still
qualify for aid at a lesser level
depending on their individual
family circumstances. We
encourage all families who
are concerned about college
costs to apply for aid.
To see how affordable a
Stanford undergraduate
education can be in your
specific circumstances, we

encourage you to visit our

net price calculator on our
website at financialaid.
stanford.edu/calculator.
APPLYING FOR
FINANCIAL AID
Stanford University is
need-blind in its admission
process; with the exception
of international students
(neither U.S. citizens nor
permanent residents of the
United States), applying
for financial aid will in no way
jeopardize your chances of
gaining admission.
Stanford requires all students
applying for University aid to
file the Free Application for
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to
establish eligibility for federal
and state grants and loans,
including the Pell Grant.
The FAFSA is available online
at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Stanford also requires
all students applying for
University aid to submit the
College Scholarship Service
(CSS) PROFILE. You may
complete the PROFILE online
at profileonline.collegeboard.
com. Although the Financial
Aid Office will accept and
process applications after the

filing dates listed below,

a financial aid award may
not be available before the
applicable admission reply
date. Applications filed after
the filing dates may require
longer processing time
and may result in higher
levels of student responsibility. Stanfords policy is
generally to exclude
undergraduates from being
considered independent
for purposes of Universityadministered scholarship
and grant aid unless
the student is an orphan,
a ward of the court,
at least age 25 or has an
extremely adverse
home situation.
The CSS Noncustodial
PROFILE is required of the
noncustodial parent if an
applicants parents are
divorced or separated, as the
University does consider
the financial circumstances
of the noncustodial parent
in the calculation of the
expected parent contribution.
If your family has any
unusual circumstances
or special expenses, or if
you feel there are other details
about your financial situation
that we should know, please
feel free to use the special
circumstances section of
the PROFILE to share that
information with us.

F I N AN C I AL AID FIL IN G DATES

SUBMIT
PROFILE
TO CSS BY:

SUBMIT
FAFSA TO
FEDERAL
PROCESSOR BY:

SUBMIT
PARENTS
PREVIOUS YEAR
FEDERAL 1040
AND W-2 FORMS
TO CSS BY:

RESTRICTIVE
EARLY ACTION

November 15

March 1

March 1

REGULAR
DECISION

February 15

February 15

April 1

TRANSFER

March 15

March 15

April 15

TYPE OF
ADMISSION

FINANCIAL AID FOR

INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS
Stanford does not adhere
to a need-blind admission
policy for international
applicants, which means that
the need for financial aid is a
consideration in the admission process. We consider
students with citizenship in
countries other than the
United States who are not
otherwise eligible for federal
aid to be international. Some
international students may be
admitted to the University on
the condition that they not
seek financial aid from
Stanford. International
students applying for financial
aid must submit all application documents by the
appropriate filing dates.
International applicants must
complete the CSS PROFILE
and the CSS Certification
of Finances (COF). The
PROFILE is available online
at profileonline.collegeboard.
com and the COF may
be downloaded from the
Stanford Financial Aid
website, financialaid.
stanford.edu.
Whether they receive financial
aid from Stanford or not,
international students must
plan realistically to meet
their educational expenses
throughout their undergraduate career at Stanford.
The University is not able to
assume responsibility for
economic changes such as
currency fluctuation, nor can
it replace lost support that
a student may have expected
to receive from friends,
relatives or government and
corporate grants.

The CSS PROFILE code for Stanford is 4704. The FAFSA code is 001305.
California residents applying for a Cal Grant must submit the FAFSA by March 2.
67

Tamer Shabani Photography

STANFORD AT A GLANCE
LOCATION

RESIDENTIAL LIFE

ADMISSION

CONTACT INFORMATION

Located between San

Francisco and San Jose
in the heart of Silicon Valley,
Stanfords 8,180 acres reach
from the rural foothills
of the Santa Cruz Mountains
to the bustling Stanford
Shopping Center on the
northern end of campus.

All students are guaranteed

four years of campus housing,
and all freshmen are required
to live on campus. With more
than 95 percent of Stanford
students living on campus,
the University has a vibrant
residential community.

Stanford sets no minimum

figures for grade point
average, test scores or
class rank, but the majority
of admitted students
have a 4.0 GPA, rank in the
top 10 percent of their
graduating class and score
above 700 on each of
the sections of the SAT, and/or
above 30 on the ACT. In 2014,
5.1 percent of those who
applied were admitted.

Office of Undergraduate
Admission
Stanford University
Montag Hall
355 Galvez Street
Stanford, California
94305-6106

FACULTY
Currently, Stanford has
2,043 faculty. Since Stanfords
founding, 31 faculty members
have won the Nobel Prize.
There is a 5:1 student-tofaculty ratio, and more than
68 percent of classes have
19 or fewer students.

STUDENTS
Stanford enrolls 6,980
undergraduates and 8,897
graduate students. Twentytwo percent of students
are Asian American,
14 percent Latino/a, 8 percent
African American, 8 percent
international (from 90
countries) and 3 percent
American Indian, Alaska
Native or Native Hawaiian.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Stanford offers 70+ areas
of undergraduate study in
three schools: the School of
Humanities and Sciences,
with more than 50 departments and interdisciplinary
programs; the School of Earth
Sciences, with six departments and interdisciplinary
programs; and the School
of Engineering, with nine
departments, more than
250 faculty members and
more than 80 labs, centers
and affiliate programs.
Stanfords seven graduate
schools include the School
of Education, Graduate
School of Business,
Law School, School of
Humanities and Sciences,
School of Earth Sciences,
School of Engineering and
School of Medicine.

readers-cvr_CS6.indd 3
S28052-14ViewbookCover.HP.indd 1

ATHLETICS
Stanford athletics has been
named the most successful
program in NCAA Division I
in each of the past 20 years.
The Department of Athletics
offers 36 varsity sports
20 for women and 16 for
menin which about
900 students participate.
Students also participate in
26 club and approximately
two dozen intramural sports.

OFF-CAMPUS STUDY

APPLICATION DEADLINES

Restrictive Early Action:

November 1
Regular Decision:
January 3
Transfer:
March 15

FINANCIAL AID

Stanfords admission program

is need-blind for U.S. citizens
The Bing Overseas Studies
and U.S. permanent residents,
Program offers 13 opportuniand the Financial Aid Office
ties for students to study
awards all aid (with the
abroad. More than 50 percent
exception of athletic
of undergraduates take
scholarships) on the basis
advantage ofStanfords
11 Stanford-run
motto,
demonstrated financial
campuses and two consortium
Die Luft der Freiheitof
weht
need. Parents who earn below
programs in Australia,
translates$60,000
as are not expected to
Barcelona,which
Beijing, Berlin,
pay
toward any of their sons
Cape
Town,
Florence,
the wind of freedom blows
or daughters educational
Istanbul, Kyoto (two
has been a touchstone
expenses (tuition, room or
programs), Madrid, Oxford,
throughout
123-yearboard),
history.
and parents who
Paris
and Santiago.its
Other
earn between $60,000
off-campus study opportuniand $100,000 will be expected
ties include the Bing Stanford
to contribute somewhere
in Washington Program and
between $0 and the cost of
the Hopkins Marine Station
room and board, ensuring
in Monterey, California.
enough scholarship funds
Overseas seminars and
to cover the cost of tuition
service-learning options
at a minimum. While students
are also available.
are expected to contribute,
they are not expected to
VISITING
take out loans to pay for
Discover Stanford,
their education.
a two-part program that
includes a one-hour
information session followed
by a student-led campus
tour, is specifically geared
toward prospective undergraduates and their families.
Online reservations are
required and can be made
at visit.stanford.edu.

T 650.723.2091
F 650.725.2846
Email:
Freshman applicants
admission@stanford.edu
Transfer applicants
transferadmission@
stanford.edu
International applicants
intl.admission@
stanford.edu
admission.stanford.edu
Nondiscrimination Policy: Stanford University
admits qualified students of any race, color,
national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability,
religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity
to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to
students at the University. Consistent with its
obligations under the law, Stanford prohibits
unlawful discrimination on the basis of race,
color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age,
disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, or any other
characteristic protected by applicable law in the
administration of the Universitys programs and
activities. Stanford also prohibits unlawful
harassment including sexual harassment and
sexual violence. The following person has been
designated to handle inquiries regarding this
nondiscrimination policy: Rosa Gonzalez,
Director of the Diversity and Access Office,
Mariposa House, 585 Capistrano Way, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA 94305-8230; (650)
723-0755 (voice), (650) 723-1216 (TTY), (650)
723-1791 (fax), equal.opportunity@stanford.edu
(email). Stanfords Title IX Coordinator,
Catherine Criswell, has been designated to
handle inquiries regarding sexual harassment
and sexual violence: 450 Serra Mall, Building
160, Stanford, CA 94305, (650) 497-4955 (voice),
(650) 497-9257, titleix@stanford.edu.
The Clery Act: Stanford University complies with
the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security
Policy and Crime Statistics Act. Stanfords
policies and statistics under this act are posted
on the Department of Public Safety website at
www.stanford.edu/group/SUDPS/safety-report.
shtml. A paper copy can be obtained by calling
the Stanford Department of Public Safety at
(650) 723-9633.
NCSDO S28052 7.14

9/15/14 11:15 AM
8/15/14 3:50 PM

S 0
T 1
A 4
N
F
O
R
D
U
N
I
V
E
R
S
I
T
Y

Office of Undergraduate Admission

Montag Hall 355 Galvez Street

Stanford, California 94305-6106

2
0
1
5

This viewbook was printed with soy ink on chlorine-free paper and wood grown in
naturally regenerated forests. The paper was manufactured in a mill powered by
hydro power (one of the cleanest forms of energy) using continually recycled water.

S28052-14ViewbookCover.HP.indd
readers-cvr_CS6.indd
5
2

9/15/14 11:15 AM