My dream college is Stanford university. I wanted to get some first-hand opinions and/or facts about it, so please help me out!!!
2006-11-10 08:19:50 · 5 answers · asked by OLPfan93 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
YES ! BUT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS BETTER
2006-11-10 08:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stanford is definitely a good school. It is ranked in the top 10 overall. Furthermore, Stanford is a really good engineering school. It is ranked number 2 in the engineering category. And if you look at princetonreview.com you can search for Stanford and see that it is ranked in the top 20 for the students with the best academic experience.
2006-11-12 14:20:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, the reputation is super for stanford
2006-11-10 08:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by Handsome Devil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stanford is ranked as the fourth best university in America.
Independent university, founded 1891
Calendar quarters
Degrees bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional
Suburban 8180-acre campus with easy access to San Francisco
Endowment $12.2 billion
Coed, 6,576 undergraduate students, 99% full-time, 47% women, 53% men
Most difficult entrance level, 12% of applicants were admitted
Costs (2005 - 06)
One-time required fee: $425
Comprehensive fee: $41,132 includes full-time tuition ($31,200) and room and board ($9932)
Room and board: college room only: $5275. Room and board charges vary according to board plan
Waivers: employees or children of employees
Financial Aid
Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2004,: 3,643 applied for aid, 3,104 were judged to have need, 2,735 had their need fully met. 850 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging $2649). 801 state and other part-time jobs (averaging $1569)
In 2004,: 691 non-need-based awards were made
Average percent of need met: 100%
Average financial aid package: $28,453
Average need-based loan: $2664
Average need-based gift aid: $24,244
Average non-need-based aid: $3425
Average indebtedness upon graduation: $15,172
Freshmen
Admission 20,192 applied, 2,426 admitted, 1,632 enrolled, 3.90 average high school GPA
Average high school GPA 3.90
Test scores SAT verbal scores over 500 99%, SAT math scores over 500 100%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 94%, SAT math scores over 600 97%, ACT scores over 24 98%, SAT verbal scores over 700 67%, SAT math scores over 700 74%, ACT scores over 30 71%
2006-11-10 08:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by Melynda M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um duh. why dont you do some hard research yourself, if you do go to stanford you are going to have to do work yourself not ask people on Yahoo!
2006-11-10 09:34:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋