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Stanford Symbolic System

Program Overview​

A research-based program. For positioning, refer to MIT CSE. Symbolic Systems is an interdisciplinary program where the department expects students to be knowledgeable in at least two of the following areas: computer science, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, mathematics, statistics, communication, and education

You must complete a thesis and have research experience. Recommendation letters should ideally be research-focused.

The program places strong emphasis on diversity and expects applicants to demonstrate their contributions to "Humanities and Social Sciences."

Admission Threshold & Data Points​

External admission rate is 5%.

  1. Stanford Symbolic System undergrad, GPA 3.9, 3x Microsoft internships
  2. Rice Physics+English+DS undergrad, GPA 3.93, one publication
  3. Duke Kunshan DS undergrad, GPA 3.91, two and a half years of RA, two second-author papers
  4. Indian student, GPA 9.25, three accepted CV conference papers at time of application
  5. Vassar College Cognitive Science undergrad, one accepted ICCV paper at time of application