Stanford University

 

Stanford University 
Stanford, CA 

Acceptance Rate: 5.7% 
SAT/ACT 25th Percentile: SAT 2080; ACT 31 
SAT/ACT 75th Percentile: SAT 2350; ACT 34 

In 1891, former California Governor Leland Stanford founded Stanford University in honor of his only son, who died of typhoid fever in 1884. Unlike other universities of the time, Stanford was open to both men and women. Some of the largest Silicon Valley companies, such as Google, Yahoo, Cisco Systems, and Hewlett-Packard Company all have strong ties to the West Coast Ivy. 
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