Stanford University. Undergraduate Admission : Stanford University. Stats. Stanford University Description: Stanford is usually considered the best school on the west coast, as well as one of the finest research and teaching universities in the world.
Stanford is just as competitive as the best universities in the Northeast, but with its Spanish architecture and mild Californian climate, you won’t mistake it for the Ivy League. Stanford's strengths in research and teaching have earned it a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and membership in the Association of American Universities. In athletics, Stanford University competes in the NCAA Division I Pacific 12 Conference. Admissions Data (2012):