Gaining admission and getting to Stanford University

Stanford University, USA

Anonymous from USA

sociology at stanford

"Basically, it is hard (v. hard) to get into Stanford. However, once in, it is well worth it!"

Stanford University, USA

Vignesh Gowrishankar, Male, Chennai

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering

"For a PhD in MSE the admission criteria are quite stringent. The department only admits about 15 ? 20 students every year into the PhD program and about the same number in the MS program. Coming from ..."

Stanford University, USA

Nishant, Male, India

MS in ME

"It is a tiresome process to keep applying to different universities...sending the same infor to all the colleges over and over again-but well worth the effort when u get into a good instit. Good GRE a ..."

Stanford University, USA

Raghu, Male, Bangalore

EE MS and PhD

"No exams other than the usual GRE/TOEFL. Assistantships are a bit difficult to get in EE. Visa Interview was just a formality. We flew Air India till Singapore and then Singapore Airlines till SFO. Se ..."

Stanford University, USA

Sivaram, Male, Chennai

Aero and Astro - MS and PhD

"My visa experience was peaceful. Some couple of minutes. I had to give GRE and TOEFL. No coaching classes attended. No education counselor/ consultant. Travel was easy (from Chennai to SFO cost around ..."