Questions regarding health forms should be directed to Cowell Student Health Services, and you may contact them by E-mail by clicking HERE . The Stanford English Placement Test is administered by the English for Foreign Students office in the Linguistics Department . It assesses the ability to understand, speak, and write American English, with particular emphasis on active speaking and writing. Results are evaluated in terms of the student's academic program at Stanford and the University's requirements for that program. Depending on the results of the test, students may be required to take appropriate courses in English at the beginning of their academic work.
Admission remains conditional until such specified coursework is satisfactorily completed.
Completion of a degree program may be lengthened if English courses are required. Before beginning a teaching assistantship appointment, students whose native language is not English will be tested for oral communication by the English for Foreign Students staff. A special English course for teaching assistants may be required. Teaching assistantship appointments are approved only upon verification of a satisfactory level of English proficiency from the English for Foreign Students Office. Additional information on this program can be found at Summer English Language Programs .