Admissions Profile

We received more than 8600 applications last year so admission is highly selective. The statistics on the most recent entering class are posted below. Both faculty and student representatives sit on the admissions committee. They will evaluate your entire academic and related records. Primary emphasis is given to your undergraduate record, LSAT score(s), and other major accomplishments and achievements, whether academic, professional, or extracurricular. We also consider the benefits derived from having racial, ethnic, cultural, and geographic diversity among our students. We encourage you to tell us whether any of these factors or others are relevant to your application.

2009

- Interesting Facts About the 2009 Entering Class -

Admission Rate was 22%	Full-time Division	Part-time Evening Division
Number Applied	7649	1018
Number Enrolled	385	96
Median GPA 25^th and 75^th Percentile GPA	3.39 3.14/3.59	3.28 3.06/3.52
Median LSAT 25^th and 75^th Percentile LSAT	163 158/164	161 159/162
Average Age	24	27
Minority Representation	42% overall Asian/Pacific Islander 60 Black/African American 53 Native American 3 Hispanic/Latino 85
Gender Distribution	56% women / 44% men
Colleges and Universities Represented	201 Undergraduate Institutions overall Schools with the most representation in the entering class: American Univ.; Boston College; Boston Univ.; Cornell Univ.; College of William & Mary; Duke Univ.; Florida International Univ.; Florida State Univ.; George Washington Univ.; Georgetown Univ.; Johns Hopkins Univ.; McGill University; New York Univ.; Northwestern Univ.; Syracuse Univ.; Univ. of California-Berkeley; Penn State Univ.; Univ. of California-Los Angeles; Univ. of Maryland-College Park; Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Univ. of Texas-Austin; Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; Univ. of Florida; University of Pittsburg; Univ. of Southern California; Univ. of Virginia; Vanderbilt Univ.; Vassar College; Williams College; and Yale University
Geographic Areas Represented	40 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, South Korea and Turkey

Early Decision Option Application Deadline is November 14
Priority Application Deadline for U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents is March 1
Application Deadline for International Students (F-1 Visa) is January 15
Application Fee: $70
Dual Degree Programs: JD/MA in International Affairs; JD/MBA; JD/MPP; JD/MPA and JD/MS in Justice, Law and Society
International Dual Degree Programs in Melbourne, Australia; Ottawa, Canada; Madrid, Spain; and Paris, France

Interesting Facts About The 2009 Entering Class of
American University Washington College of Law

44 have worked on Capitol Hill
54 have graduate degrees
11 were AmeriCorps Volunteers
4 were Peace Corps Volunteers
10 are Patent Examiners

147 have studied abroad in more than 47 countries
27 Taught English in the U.S. and 23 foreign countries
52 Worked abroad in more than 40 foreign countries

They were born in 36 foreign countries:
Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Congo Dominican Rep. Ecuador Egypt	France Germany Guatemala Haiti Hungary India Iran Italy Jamaica Japan	Kenya Liberia Mexico Moldova Nigeria Panama Peru Philippines Russia Saudi Arabia	South Korea St. Vincent Switzerland Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom
They speak 30 foreign languages including:
Arabic Cantonese Creole Czech Farsi French Dutch German	Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Italian Japanese Kashmiri Kikuyu	Korean Kyrgyz Mandarin Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Spanish	Swahili Tagalog Telugu Thai Urdu Vietnamese
Examples of Interesting Experiences:
Writer for the The Miami Herald Production Assistant for HBO show "The Sopranos" President of an environmental consulting firm Navy Seal Oceanographer for the National Ocean Service Engineer with the U.S. Department of Energy Fourth grade science teacher Author of two children's books Legal intern for the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal in Yugoslavia Policy advisor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Researcher for the National Geographic magazine President of the American Parliamentary Debate Association Principal percussionist in the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra Policy Analyst for the National Association of Latino Elected Officials Design engineer for General Electric's Aviation Division Firefighter Assistant Researcher for the United Kingdom Parliament Adjunct biology professor Accountant		Campaign manager for U.S. congressional race Associate representative with the Sierra Club's National Coal Campaign Diplomatic liaison for the New York City's Office of the Mayor Energy industry analyst Field organizer with Amnesty International Fulbright Scholar Government relations intern with the American Red Cross Chief of staff for a Texas state representative Associate editor for Metropolitan Home magazine Canvass director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment Competitive Irish dancer National blogger for Skirt! Magazine Judaic studies fellow in Israel National broadcast editor for The Associated Press Sports writer for USA Today Officers from the Air Force, Army, and Navy Construction project manager Commercial real estate agent in France, Italy and Greece Copy editor for Politico

Admissions Profile

2009

Interesting Facts About The 2009 Entering Class of American University Washington College of Law

They were born in 36 foreign countries:

They speak 30 foreign languages including:

Examples of Interesting Experiences:

Interesting Facts About The 2009 Entering Class of
American University Washington College of Law