Stanford University

Stanford University is recognised for offering the highest placement rate in the United State of America. Stanford University placement rate stands at 81%, for MBA graduates. The average salary of Stanford University business school graduates USD 185,000 annually. Stanford placement rate are one of the major attractions for international students and offer a huge return on investment to graduates of the university. Stanford graduates work in top companies such as Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services (AWS), etc.

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) course specialisation at Stanford University are given below -

• Business Administration
• Finance
• Economics
• Management; Accounting
• Public Policy

The MBA course at the university is a two-year-long course providing high quality of academic experience along with a practical approach.

Stanford University does not require the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) scores for the admission in the MS course along with other specialzations for all the programs but students can submit their GRE scores along with their application form to enhance their portfolio.

However, the university has not shared any mnimium score requirement for the GRE test. 

Acceptance rate of Stanford Uni is 3.61% (Class of 2028), which shows that university is hard and selection process of university is competitive. 

Stanford University acceptance rate is continuously decreasing due to tough selection criteria making it difficult for students to get admission.

Students with excellent qualifications and higher exam scores with all the supporting documents have the chance to get into university.

Stanford University MS Computer Science requirements for international students are mentioned below -

• Students applying at the university for the MS course are required to hold a 4 year of bachelor's degree equivalent to the US qualification
• International students are also required to provide proof of their English language proficiency if they are from non-native English-speaking countries. 
• other documents and test scores which includes the CV, reference letter and more.

Stanford University offers various MS programs in different specializations, including Computer Science; Aeronautics and Astronautics; Data Science, Engineering, Software and many more.

Some of the Stanford University MS programs are mentioned below -

• MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics.
• MS in Applied Physics.
• MS in Bioengineering.
• MS in Biomedical Data Science.
• MS in Chemical Engineering.
• MS in Computer Science and many other

Based on the acceptance rates of the respective institutes it can be said that Cornell is slightly easier to get into as compared to Stanford.

Though securing admissions to both institutions is not an easy ask, Cornell with an acceptance rate of 7.8% is a bit less selective at picking students than Stanford that has an acceptance rate almost half that of Cornell, 3.9%.

There's not much of a difference between securing a seat at either Harvard or Stanford with both universities having acceptance rates in the range of 3-4%. Candidates must satisfy the respective admission criteria & submit all mandatory documents as part of applications on time to have a better chance of admission.

According to the official website of Stanford University, each programme of the university sets its own policy of accepting GRE subject test or GRE General Test. You need to check the official webapge of the programme you want to pursue. When I checked, "GRE is Not considered" was written on most of the course webpages.

Stanford University is located 35 miles south of San Francisco and 20 miles north of San Jose. It is located in the heart of Northern California's Silicon Valley. University campus is situated on 8,180 acres in the center of San Francisco Peninsula. There are 630 buildings situated on the university campus. There are seven academic schools at Stanford University. In addition to the main campus, the Stanford Redwood City campus is university's first significant addition.