<p>You might want to read this thread first:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/982043-stanford-grad-school-do-i-have-shot-what-my-chances.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/graduate-school/982043-stanford-grad-school-do-i-have-shot-what-my-chances.html</a></p>
<p>If you can do well on the CS subject GRE, that will help your case, but you’re still going to need professors who can speak about your academic abilities in the field. Instead of teaching yourself all the way, you might want to enroll in CS courses and higher level math on a non-matriculated basis, just so you can demonstrate that you’ve changed, both in your attitude toward academics and in your interests.</p>