Second-Round Housing Application Period: Apply Between May 10-27

By Katy Adams

Tags: Academics, Community, Stanford, Stanford Summer Session, Undergraduates and Graduates

To our Confirmed Undergraduate & Graduate Students:
Second-Round Housing Application Period: Apply Between May 10-27

If you're a residential student, don't forget to apply for housing to stay on-campus this Summer Quarter. If you have not already applied for housing, the Second-Round application period begins Friday, May 10 and will continue through Monday, May 27. While housing is no longer guaranteed at this stage, Stanford Summer Session students will have a high priority for room assignments. Please refer to the Stanford Summer Housing website for more information.

Billing Updates

By Katy Adams

Tags: Academics, High School Summer College, Stanford, Stanford Summer Session, Undergraduates and Graduates

The Summer Session office has received a large number of inquiries concerning billing. The following is a list of a few helpful resources that explain the billing and paying process. Our office will also send out more detailed information in a couple of weeks via email to students confirmed in our program.

John Robichaux on Academics & College Life: High School Summer College

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Academics, Community, High School Summer College, Stanford, Stanford Summer Session

Former Stanford Summer Session Residential Staff Member Receives Deans' Awards for Academic Achievement

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Academics, Achievements, Events, Stanford

Ten undergraduates recently received the 2013 Deans' Awards for Academic Achievement, which honor extraordinary undergraduate students for "exceptional, tangible" intellectual achievements. Anna Ntiriwah-Asare, one of our former Summer Quarter residential staff members made us proud by receiving this award. 

Summer Quarter at Stanford: Two Former Undergraduate Students Share their Experiences with Jess Matthews

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Academics, Community, Special Features, Stanford, Stanford Summer Session, Undergraduates and Graduates

Former Undergraduate, MacKenzie Ward, on Balancing Challenging Academics & Creative Downtime

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Academics, Community, Stanford, Stanford Summer Session, Undergraduates and Graduates

Former Undergraduate, Wangui Kariuki, Shares Insight & Advice for Prospective Students

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Academics, Achievements, Community, Stanford, Stanford Summer Session, Student Achievements, Undergraduates and Graduates

"Never settle." Wangui Wangui Kariuki is a young woman full of life, brimming with energy, and determination. A former Stanford Summer Session undergraduate student shares with me and future students, what impact Stanford had on her and what advice she has for them. Good luck, Wangui, for whichever path you pave for yourself.

Why Apply to High School Summer College?

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Academics, Achievements, Community, High School Summer College, Special Features, Stanford, Stanford Summer Session, Student Achievements

Still debating about why you should apply to High School Summer College? In addition to learning more from our website, we welcome you to watch our live TV coverage with NBC Bay Area in the recent past featuring a former Summer College and Jess Matthews of Stanford Summer Session.

Stanford Summer Session in "TakePart"

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Academics, Stanford, Stanford Summer International Honors College, Stanford Summer Session

Stanford Summer Session was quoted in TakePart Friday, January 25. (The digital division of Participant Media, the company behind films such as: An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting For Superman, Food Inc, Good Night & Good Luck, Charlie Wilson’s War, Contagion, The Help, and others). 

Should Every American Kid Learn to Speak Mandarin?
Education might be what brings China and the U.S. closer together.

Learn more about the Stanford Summer International Honors Program. Read Jess Matthews' Letter from the Senior Assistant Dean.

Guest Student Reflection: Ms. Wangui Wangui Kariuki

By XuanThu Pham

Tags: Academics, Achievements, Community, Special Features, Stanford, Stanford Summer Session, Student Achievements, Undergraduates and Graduates