Dates: June 24 - July 21, 2012
Tuition: $10,500

Policies

We strive to provide the best possible assistance to our applicants while being fair and consistent in our policies.

• If your materials are sent to the SIGM admissions office late or are not included in your supplemental materials package, you should expect that they will not be reviewed.
• You may submit only one application per admission year.
• The SIGM admissions office reserves the right to verify that information and documents submitted as part of your application are complete and accurate.
• If you are offered admission, Stanford reserves the right to withdraw that offer if you show a significant drop in academic performance, fail to graduate or have misrepresented yourself in the application process. We also may withdraw admission if we learn that you have engaged in behavior prior to matriculation that indicates a serious lack of judgment or integrity, or if you have committed to enroll in the class of an institution other than Stanford. Stanford further reserves the right to require you to provide additional information and/or authorization for the release of information about any such matter.
• All applications must be completed and submitted online.
• Application materials and all supporting documents become the confidential property of the Summer Institute for General Management Admissions Office and cannot be returned to you.
• Regrettably, we are unable to provide feedback to denied applicants. All admission decisions are final.

Admission Criteria

Applicants should have completed the equivalent of three years of study in a four year undergraduate degree. International applicants completing a three year degree may apply after their second year. Recent graduates and graduate students may attend the program as long as they are within two years of completing their undergraduate degree at the time of admission.

Applicants should have completed their major coursework in a non-business field (e.g. engineering, liberal arts, sciences). Economics majors are welcome to apply. .

The program assumes no previous coursework in business-related subjects. The following criteria are used to evaluate applicants:

• Academic performance
• Rigor of academic curriculum
• Overall record of accomplishment in volunteer activities, student or community organizations, work or internship experience, and leadership experience

Application Materials

All applicants must submit the following:

• An online application, with essays and resume attached.
• An official transcript from each college and/or university you have attended, regardless of the number of credits received. Official records are original documents issued by the institution that bear its official stamp as well as the signature of the appropriate official. If transcripts do not show a 4.0 grade scale equivalency, an assessment scale must be submitted as well. Please ask your registrar's office to send the transcripts to:

  Summer Institute for General Management
  Stanford Graduate School of Business
  655 Knight Way
  Stanford, CA 94305-4945

• Two recommendation letters. One letter must come from a professor who has taught you during your collegiate career. The other may come from a person who can act as a reference: a professor, an employer or supervisor, an academic administrator, a mentor, etc.

International Students

In addition to the standard criteria, international applicants must provide proof of English language proficiency. This can be demonstrated in any one of the following ways:

1. An undergraduate degree from an American college or university.
2. A letter from your current college or university confirming that that English is the primary mode of instruction.
3. TOEFL scores dated within the past 24 months. The minimum TOEFL score for consideration is: 250 for the computer-based test (CBT), 100 for the internet-based test (iBT), or 600 for the paper-based test (PBT).

You must instruct the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send your official TOEFL scores directly to the Stanford GSB Summer Institute for General Management (school code 3493).

• IELTS scores dated within the past 24 months. The minimum IELTS overall band score for study at the Stanford Graduate School of Business is 7.0
• An undergraduate degree from an American college or university.
• A letter from your current college or university confirming that that English is the primary language of instruction.

If You Are Admitted

Within one week of admission, applicants must submit a written acceptance of the admission offer and the full $10,500 tuition. If the confirmation and tuition payment are not received within one week of admission, the admission offer may be rescinded at the discretion of the program.

Applicants applying for a private loan or other third-party financial assistance must indicate so within one week of admission and may be granted a grace period until their aid status is confirmed. The Summer Institute for General Management program and Stanford University may not assist any applicant in searching for financial assistance.

Cancellation Policy

• The tuition balance may be refunded minus a $2500 cancellation fee up to 15 days after the date of admission or April 30, 2012, whichever comes first.
• No tuition refund will be given if cancellation is more than 15 days after the date of admission or after April 30, 2012, whichever comes first.
• Nonpayment of the tuition fee does not constitute cancellation. Written notification is required.