Early Decision

Stanford has admitted a significantly higher number of students in its early pool, after a boost in early applications that followed a change in the University's early admissions policy.

Stanford invited 800 students last month to join the Class of 2008, compared to the 596 early decision applicants admitted last year. Yet the early acceptance rate actually decreased from 24 percent to around 20 percent due to the high number of applicants.

After switching from a binding early decision program to an experimental single-choice early action program, Stanford received close to 4,200 early applications this year, a record surge of 62 percent over last year. Those admitted account for one third of total expected admission offers.

Regular Decision

Over 19,100 applicants vied for a total of 2,424 acceptance letters for the Class of 2008. 1,621 students were admitted from the regular decision process. 803 students were previously offered admission under Stanford's single-choice early action program. That brings the overall admit rate to only 12.6 percent.

90 percent of admitted students ranked in the top ten percent of their class and over 80 percent having a GPA of above 4.0.