Freshman Requirements & Process

Teacher Evaluations

Qualitative accounts of your academic abilities are important to us. As a result, we require two teacher evaluations and we strongly request that these letters come from teachers who have taught you in grades 11 and/or 12. These letters, however, may come from teachers who have taught you in grade 10 if they are from teachers who have taught you at an advanced level (e.g. Honors, AP, IB, etc.) in a particular subject. If your school does not offer such designations for advanced course offerings, use your discretion when asking a teacher from grade 10 to write you a letter. We will accept a maximum of two teacher evaluations.

Both evaluation letters must be from teachers in two different subject areas from the following:

• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Foreign Language
• History/Social Sciences

The best advice we can give, as you choose teachers to write these evaluations, is to choose people who like you and who will share unique examples of your academic strengths and personal qualities. We will accept a maximum of two teacher evaluations.

Mailing Instructions

Though we prefer that your teachers submit their evaluations online through the Common Application Web site, your teachers can instead mail their evaluation form directly to our office. If they decide to mail their form, please provide your teacher with the appropriate Stanford mailing label. There is no mailing label for any additional evaluation letter you may send.

• Application Mailing Labels (PDF)

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