Need to Know

Need to Know contains vital information for students who have been offered admission to one of Stanford's Summer Session programs. Need to Know not only includes details describing how a student accepts their offer of admission, it provides general information about attending a summer program at Stanford as well. This page has sections that explain how to enroll in courses, pay the University Bill, waive unnecessary health insurance fees, and more. The Summer Session Office provides this information as a resource for students as they prepare to spend their summer at Stanford.

Students who are admitted to a Stanford Summer Session program receive their admission decision via email. It's important to note that an offer of admission does not secure a student's spot in their program of choice; each admitted student will need to complete an acceptance process as well. The admission email starts this process by instructing the student to log in to their online account and accept their offer of admission. Once the process is underway, each student will have a new acceptance checklist they'll need to complete. It's within the acceptance checklist that students will have access to two documents that are critical to the acceptance process:  the "Program Handbook," and the "How to Accept Your Offer of Admission" form. Both documents will be listed as links under the header "Important Documents to Read." It's useful to note that additional "Important Documents to Read" will be added to this section of the checklist throughout the months and weeks leading up to a student's arrival on campus.

Parents and guardians of students applying to any of the high school programs will have their own acceptance process that needs to be completed online. The Parent/Guardian acceptance checklist will become available within the parent/guardian's application interface as soon as their son or daughter has accepted their offer of admission. The "Important Documents to Read" section will be duplicated within the parent/guardian acceptance checklist. The Summer Session Office strongly recommends that parents and guardians of students who will attend a summer program at Stanford monitor the "Important Documents to Read" section for updates during the months and weeks leading up to their child's arrival on campus. The Office also advises that parents and guardians watch for and read email messages sent to them by the Summer Session Office.

After a student has completed their acceptance process, they will receive a Stanford ID number. At that point, the student can consider their place in the Summer Program as confirmed.

The following menu items provide detailed information describing what students need to know to be successful members of Stanford’s summer community. We look forward to welcoming you at Stanford this summer!

Color Key: The text color shows which students the information addresses. (Note: Students might need information from more than one section.)

Black:   All students

Blue:     International students

Green:  High School Summer College students

Red:      Undergraduate and graduate students, including students enrolled
               in the Stanford Summer International Honors Program (SSIHP)

 

 

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