Stanford does not confer credit for auditing, nor is a permanent record kept of courses audited. Students who have been suspended are not permitted to audit. Auditors may not join classes for the first time after the University's final study list deadline.
The “F” grade carries 0.000 quality points and is averaged into the grade point average if the course being audited carries credit hours. Students who audit a course must pay regular fees for the audited course. At the end of the term, the instructor should enter a grade of “T” for those students who have met course attendance expectations.
All Stanford Summer Session courses carry Stanford University credit. Grades are recorded on an official Stanford transcript along with the course name and credit earned. Transcripts are available upon request from the Registrar.
A passing audit grade (“T”) should not be awarded automatically by the course instructor, but rather only if the student has academically attended the course to the level of faculty expectation for passing the course.
Auditing a class entails enrolling in a college course for no grade and no credit. Many students choose to audit courses to avoid negatively impacting their GPAs. To audit a class, you must usually get permission from the instructor.
Application for Auditor or Permit to Attend Status 2021-22 Academic Year: Due to current health guidelines, auditing is only allowed for matriculated undergraduates, matriculated graduate/professional students, Stanford faculty, and Stanford staff, with the consent of the instructor.
The Scale 4.0 and how it will affect your marks% numberLetter4.0 Scale93 to 100A4.090 to 92A-3.787 to 89B+3.383 to 86B3.08 more rows
The General University grading system is applicable to all of Stanford University except the Graduate School of Business, the School of Law, and M.D. students in the School of Medicine. Most courses are graded according to the General University grading system.
Auditing a course means that you can attend class meetings and have access to course materials, but you will not receive credit for the course. This option is ideal if you do not need to take a course for credit or are interested in the course material for personal or professional development.
Audit a class to expand your horizons and inform your work. Academic credit is not available for audited courses. You must obtain approval from the instructor, and from your manager if the course is offered during your work hours, prior to submitting an Application for Auditor or Permit to Attend (PTA) Status .
Stanford ranks the following nine categories as being “very important” to the admissions process: application essay, recommendations, extracurricular activities, rigor of secondary school record, class rank, GPA, standardized test scores, talent/ability, and character/personal qualities.
Although Stanford has a regular grading policy where undergraduate students can get A, B, C, and D grades, there are no F grades given. Here, grade inflation is still common. This chart shows the steady increase in average GPAs from a 2.48 in 1917, to a 3.55 in 2005.
4.3How the General University GPA is DeterminedLetter GradeGrade PointsA+4.3A4.0A-3.7B+3.39 more rows
Note: Under this system, Stanford restored the D grade, defining it as “Minimal Pass.” Pass notations (“+” and P) were redefined to encompass all passing grades, A through D.
Nobody has failed a class at Stanford since 1970, when the rebelliousness that disrupted this normally pacific campus led to wholesale changes in grading. But on Thursday the Stanford faculty Senate overwhelmingly decided to bring back the F, albeit in the more politically palatable form of NP, for "not passed."
3.96 GPATo have the best shot of getting in, you should aim for the 75th percentile, with a 1550 SAT or a 35 ACT. You should also have a 3.96 GPA or higher. If your GPA is lower than this, you need to compensate with a higher SAT/ACT score.
This archived information is dated to the 2011-12 academic year only and may no longer be current.
No person shall attend any class unless he or she is a fully registered student enrolled in the course or meets the criteria for auditors. Auditors are not permitted in courses that involve direct participation such as language or laboratory science courses, field work, art courses with studio work, or other types of individualized instruction.
Grades are released each morning for the evaluations completed the day before. If you require your transcript or grades before the following morning, reach out to the Student Services Center. If the grades have been submitted before the grades deadline during each quarter, the SSC can help.
All students are able to see their grades two days after the evaluation is closed.
If you are enrolled in a GSB crosslisted course, you must fill out two evaluations: one is the Stanford University evaluation and the other is the GSB evaluation. Courses crosslisted with the GSB are evaluated using two different sets of questions. Note: not all crosslisted courses have two evaluations to complete, just those crosslisted with GSB.
The student reports are available via Axess. On the 'Student' tab, click 'Course and Section Evaluations'. Then click the 'Course and Section Evaluations' button on the page that appears to take you to the evaluations page. To view previous course evaluations reports, click 'Reports' and select 'Reports Browser'.
The feedback from your online evaluations can be used to inform faculty and other students about the effectiveness of a course, its instructor and its teaching assistants. Constructive suggestions that may help the faculty member to improve the lectures, readings, assignments and exams are particularly valuable.
The Office of the University Registrar and Learning Technology and Spaces (LTS) manage the course evaluation process through the University's Online Course Evaluation system on behalf of the deans of the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, the Graduate School of Education, the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities and Sciences, and the School of Medicine, as well as the office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education.#N#For complete information on the course evaluation system, see the Teaching Evaluation & Student Feedback website.
Stanford is very concerned about the confidentiality of its evaluations. Because of this, we have chosen an outside vendor to manage and store the data. A student logs on to Axess to get to the online evaluation process, but is redirected to this third-party vendor's server to complete the form. Stanford does not have access to ...
Transcripts are available upon request from the Registrar. Stanford’s calendar is based on the quarter system. The unit of credit is the quarter unit.
The majority of summer courses are taught within the eight-week Summer Quarter; however, there are a handful of courses that follow a slightly different schedule. The start and end date for each course is listed ...
Studio, field, or laboratory courses require three hours of class time for each unit of credit.
Undergraduate and Graduate Students. If you wish to receive credit at your home institution for work completed at Stanford, you are encouraged to obtain pre-approval for your summer courses and should determine the correct procedures for credit transfer with your home institution.
Stanford does not offer courses for audit during the Summer Quarter. When enrolling in a specific course, you have the ability to select their preferred grading scale from the options provided within Axess. You may change this option in Axess up until the Change of Grading Basis Deadline.
2021-22 Academic Year: Due to current health guidelines, auditing is only allowed for matriculated undergraduates, matriculated graduate/professional students, Stanford faculty, and Stanford staff, with the consent of the instructor.
If you are an admitted nonmatriculated student, obtain the approval (s) of the instructor (s) of the courses and submit the completed form by the enrollment deadline.