Partner School: Stanford University

What Quest Scholars say about their favorite classes...

“I highly recommend that everyone take an IntroSem [Introductory Seminar]. Having only 15 people in a class makes it much more interactive and you learn a great deal from the professor. Mine in particular dealt with product design and we worked in small 3-4 person groups to solve abstract problems . . . On our first assignment, my group designed a hypothetical device that looked like a bluetooth, functioned like a PDA, and would help people with memory loss, particularly the older generations. Creating a mock product and a presentation was thought-provoking and made me realize once again why I love Stanford so much.”
- Francisco Olmos, Mechanical Engineering major, Class of 2009

Available Majors and Career Preparation

Stanford offers over 70 undergraduate majors ranging from Geophysics to Cultural & Social Anthropology to International Relations. See the entire list of available majors at Stanford.
Interested in Engineering? Stanford's School of Engineering offers 12 undergraduate majors, including Product Design, Aeronautics & Astronautics, and Architectural Design.
Interested in being Pre-Med? In addition to allowing undergraduate students to take some classes at the Stanford Medical School, Stanford offers a variety of science majors to prepare students to apply to medical school, including Human Biology, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
Interested in being Pre-Law? No particular track or major is necessary to apply to law school, and Stanford has no particular pre-law major. However, some majors that may interest Pre-Law students include Public Policy, International Relations, or the program in Ethics in Society.
Interested in Business? Stanford offers majors in Mathematics, Economics, and Management Science & Engineering to prepare students for future work in business.

Graduate School Information
(from the collegeboard.com)

35% of students attend graduate school upon graduating from Stanford

Rankings

Ranked #2 for "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs" at schools where the highest degree is a doctorate by the U.S. News rankings.

What QB Scholars say about their internships...

“I work as a lab assistant at Stanford’s Earthquake Engineering Laboratory. It’s a great job because it gives me a chance to contribute to worthwhile research while earning enough money [through work study] to meet my tuition fees and have some spending money.”
- Terrance Surratt, Chemical Engineering major, Class of 2009