Transfer Requirements & Process

Instructor Evaluations

Qualitative accounts of your academic abilities are important to us, and your college instructors are usually our best sources of this information. We require two instructor evaluations and we strongly request these letters come from instructors who have taught you in academic courses in college. 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 college instructor evaluations.  At least one of the evaluations must be from a college instructor. We prefer that you have a professor complete your college instructor evaluation form, especially if you are applying with two or more years of college work.

In certain situations (e.g., first year of college or enrollment only in large lecture courses), a teaching assistant may be your only option for having an evaluation completed by someone who knows you or your work reasonably well. If you have been out of college for several years, you may substitute one work reference in place of one faculty evaluation.

Mailing Instructions

Though we prefer that your instructors submit their evaluations online through the Common Application Web site, your instructors can instead mail their evaluation form directly to our office. If they decide to mail their form, please provide your instructor 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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