# First-Year Applicants

**Source**: https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/index.html

## Requirements and Deadlines

### Required Application Components

- [Common Application](http://www.commonapp.org)
- $100 nonrefundable application fee or [fee waiver request](https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/fee.html)
- [ACT or SAT test scores](https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/testing.html)
- [School Report form and counselor letter of recommendation](https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/forms.html#report)
- [Official transcript(s) or academic results](https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/forms.html#transcript)
  - [Midyear transcript (due by February 15)](https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/forms.html#midyear-transcript)
- [Letters of recommendation from two teachers](https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/forms.html#letters)

### Application Deadlines

Submit your Common Application by 11:59 p.m. (in your local timezone) on the applicable deadline.

| **Event** | **Restrictive   Early Action** | **Regular  Decision** | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Application with [Optional Arts Portfolio](https://admission.stanford.edu/apply/first-year/arts.html) | October 15 | December 5 |
| Standard Application Deadline | **November 1** | **January 5** |
| Notification of Missing Documents | Mid-November | Mid-February |
| Decision Released By | **Mid-December** | **Early April** |
| Student Reply Date | May 1 | May 1 |

*Stanford reserves the right to evaluate an application and render a final decision even if all pieces of the application have not been received.*

*Students are limited to a total of three applications for undergraduate admission, whether for first-year admission, transfer admission or a combination of both. If you have submitted fewer than three applications to Stanford, you may reapply.*

Updated on October 1, 2025 1:30 PM