[82lsju]

Yeah.  The restrictive Stanford admission timing windows and extra red tape getting athletes admitted into graduate programs suggest that the Stanford administration doesn't prioritize revenue sports success, or may view this difficulty as adding to Stanford's selectivity.  They also don't seem willing to drop brobdingnagian NIL cash on key targets. Obviously, some transfers have navigated the gauntlet, but the proof is in the pudding that other schools were able to reload through the portal, while Stanford only gets dribs and drabs. Cori Close could get whoever she wanted in on short notice when she had urgent needs, and in fact she upgraded her team.  David Shaw, Tara, and their successors couldn't. I'll know Stanford has fixed this when we start seeing high-impact transfers in. All the rest is excuses.

I would not plan on any of the grad schools changing their admissions processes to be more short term athlete admission friendly.  The past-bacc program is the best chance for most grad transfers

Does anyone know if we have accepted any undergrad transfer (not grad transfers) in any sport who completed three years elsewhere and had not  graduated from their previous institution?  I'm thinking that sort of transfer might be a bridge to far for the undergrad admissions team who are generally looking for transfers with two years or less at their previous institution(s) who will graduate "on time" from Stanford, "on time" being three years for transfer as sophomores and two years for transfers as juniors.

[82lsju]

Yeah.  The restrictive Stanford admission timing windows and extra red tape getting athletes admitted into graduate programs suggest that the Stanford administration doesn't prioritize revenue sports success, or may view this difficulty as adding to Stanford's selectivity.  They also don't seem willing to drop brobdingnagian NIL cash on key targets. Obviously, some transfers have navigated the gauntlet, but the proof is in the pudding that other schools were able to reload through the portal, while Stanford only gets dribs and drabs. Cori Close could get whoever she wanted in on short notice when she had urgent needs, and in fact she upgraded her team.  David Shaw, Tara, and their successors couldn't. I'll know Stanford has fixed this when we start seeing high-impact transfers in. All the rest is excuses.

I would not plan on any of the grad schools changing their admissions processes to be more short term athlete admission friendly.  The past-bacc program is the best chance for most grad transfers

Does anyone know if we have accepted any undergrad transfer (not grad transfers) in any sport who completed three years elsewhere and had not  graduated from their previous institution?  I'm thinking that sort of transfer might be a bridge to far for the undergrad admissions team who are generally looking for transfers with two years or less at their previous institution(s) who will graduate "on time" from Stanford, "on time" being three years for transfer as sophomores and two years for transfers as juniors.