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Can't a player simply apply credits from the transfer institution, finish at Stanford and receive a Stanford degree? this is what some players did in the past, e.g. Tim Carey transferred to Hawaii, finished his football career there, but completed his academic career at Stanford and received his degree. As long as more than half the required credits were earned at Stanford you could do this in the past. If it's still the case then there's obviously even less incentive to eschew transferring since the "40 Year Decision" still holds except for a brief football playing detour elsewhere. Perhaps someone on the board knows what the current rules are.

According to the Stanford Bulletin, graduation requirements for the BA/BS include:

Students admitted as freshmen—A minimum of 135 units (including the last quarter in residence) at Stanford. In special cases, students who have earned at least 135 units in resident work may petition for a waiver of the last quarter-in-residence requirement for up to 15 units through the Last Units Out of Residence petition.

So it's possible for Jones to transfer to USC and still graduate from Stanford, but only if he has accrued 135 units of Stanford credit through 7 academic quarters, AP credits and summer school. But for a normal load, that would be 9 quarters/3 years of residency.

I read it as the cap for students admitted as frosh is 45 units elsewhere, so if he either has at least 135 units when he leaves, or he returned and took enough classes to get to 135 units and/or whatever he needs to graduate (he may have <135 when he leaves, or he may need more than 135 Stanford units to graduate if he earns  <45 units elsewhere, or the other University may not have all the required course for his Stanford major or ...) he could graduate with a Stanford degree (assuming the last quarter in residence is either met (whenever he might return) or waived.

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When I was a student at Stanford I transferred some credits from a couple of different colleges in, and it was not easy.  Some of the credits were denied since there was no equivalent course at Stanford, one was denied because Boise State (where I completed an internship while home for a summer) was not considered rigorous enough by the poli sci people looking over the syllabus.  

I have no idea whether things are easier now, but my experience is that transferring credits into Stanford is not easy or reliable.  I was advised to seek approval for every course I took elsewhere before I took it.

that's a little different from my transfer experience in 1979 where I got to bring all 51 units with me from Georgia Tech without any real effort other than submitting a transcript from GT.  But all those classes had pretty directly comparable classes at Stanford.  I would guess that for sophomore and especially junior and senior year classes the acceptance of the classes might be more difficult.

[82lsju]

Can't a player simply apply credits from the transfer institution, finish at Stanford and receive a Stanford degree? this is what some players did in the past, e.g. Tim Carey transferred to Hawaii, finished his football career there, but completed his academic career at Stanford and received his degree. As long as more than half the required credits were earned at Stanford you could do this in the past. If it's still the case then there's obviously even less incentive to eschew transferring since the "40 Year Decision" still holds except for a brief football playing detour elsewhere. Perhaps someone on the board knows what the current rules are.

According to the Stanford Bulletin, graduation requirements for the BA/BS include:

Students admitted as freshmen—A minimum of 135 units (including the last quarter in residence) at Stanford. In special cases, students who have earned at least 135 units in resident work may petition for a waiver of the last quarter-in-residence requirement for up to 15 units through the Last Units Out of Residence petition.

So it's possible for Jones to transfer to USC and still graduate from Stanford, but only if he has accrued 135 units of Stanford credit through 7 academic quarters, AP credits and summer school. But for a normal load, that would be 9 quarters/3 years of residency.

I read it as the cap for students admitted as frosh is 45 units elsewhere, so if he either has at least 135 units when he leaves, or he returned and took enough classes to get to 135 units and/or whatever he needs to graduate (he may have <135 when he leaves, or he may need more than 135 Stanford units to graduate if he earns  <45 units elsewhere, or the other University may not have all the required course for his Stanford major or ...) he could graduate with a Stanford degree (assuming the last quarter in residence is either met (whenever he might return) or waived.

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When I was a student at Stanford I transferred some credits from a couple of different colleges in, and it was not easy.  Some of the credits were denied since there was no equivalent course at Stanford, one was denied because Boise State (where I completed an internship while home for a summer) was not considered rigorous enough by the poli sci people looking over the syllabus.  

I have no idea whether things are easier now, but my experience is that transferring credits into Stanford is not easy or reliable.  I was advised to seek approval for every course I took elsewhere before I took it.

that's a little different from my transfer experience in 1979 where I got to bring all 51 units with me from Georgia Tech without any real effort other than submitting a transcript from GT.  But all those classes had pretty directly comparable classes at Stanford.  I would guess that for sophomore and especially junior and senior year classes the acceptance of the classes might be more difficult.