Admissions Profile

2011

- Interesting Facts About the 2011 Entering Class -

  Full-time Division Part-time Evening Division
Number Applied 6779 742
Number Enrolled 388 87
Enrolled Students Full and Part-time Enrolled Students
Combined Median GPA/LSAT
3.44/162
Median GPA
25th and 75th Percentile GPA
3.45
3.24/3.59
3.44
3.14/3.59
Median LSAT
25th and 75th Percentile LSAT
162
159/163
160
157/162
Average Age 24 27
Minority Representation 31% overall
Asian/Pacific Islander 56
Black/African American 30
Native American 5
Hispanic/Latino 58
Gender Distribution 55% women / 45% men
Colleges and Universities Represented

217 Undergraduate Institutions overall
Schools with the most representation in the entering class:
American; Boston College; Boston University; Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; College of William and Mary; Cornell; George Mason; George Washington; Georgetown; Harvard; James Madison; McGill; Northwestern; NYU; Ohio State; Penn State; Princeton; Rutgers; Southern Methodist; Tulane; University of Delaware; UC Berkeley; UC Irvine; UCLA; University of Chicago; University of Florida; University of Maryland; University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; UNC-Chapel Hill; University of Pennsylvania ; UT-Austin; University of Utah; University of Virginia; University of Washington; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Vanderbilt; Villanova; Wake Forest; Washington University

Geographic Areas Represented 42 States, District of Columbia, Canada, China, Ireland, Pakistan, South Korea and Taiwan



Interesting Facts About The 2011 Entering Class of
American University Washington College of Law

  • 57 have worked on Capitol Hill
  • 52 have graduate degrees
  • 12 were AmeriCorps Volunteers
  • 5 were Peace Corps Volunteers
  • 7 are Patent Examiners
  • 176 have studied abroad in more than 50 countries
  • 34 Taught English in the U.S. and 21 foreign countries
  • 71 Worked abroad in more than 46 foreign countries


They were born in 29 foreign countries:

  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Cuba
  • Dominican Republic
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Iran
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Mexico
  • Nepal
  • New Zealand
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Ukraine

They speak 40 foreign languages including:

  • Arabic
  • Bambara
  • Bengali
  • Cantonese
  • Chinese
  • Czech
  • Dari
  • Farsi
  • French
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Greek
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Krio
  • Malayalam
  • Mandarin
  • Marathi
  • Mayan Kaqchikel
  • Memoni
  • Navajo
  • Nepali
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Quechua
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Sindhi
  • Spanish
  • Taiwanese
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Zulu

Examples of Interesting Experiences:

  • Actor in the Napa Valley Shakespeare Festival
  • Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Department of Homeland Security
  • Account Executive with General Motors
  • Associate Producer for Al Arabiya News Channel
  • Head Coach for Disabled U.S. Military Veterans Hockey Team
  • Intern for the Center for Human Rights in Cameroon
  • Legislative Assistant for the National Congress of American Indians
  • National Security Analyst for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
  • Obama Campaign Field Organizer
  • Patent Agent for Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
  • Program Manager for U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Public Policy Intern for The Constitution Project
  • Research Fellow for Worldwatch Institute
  • Senior Medical Advisor for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Reporter for The Washington Post
  • President of the Russian-American Center of Dallas
  • Social Worker
  • Volunteer Firefighter
  • Systems Engineer
  • Program Analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice
  • Organizer for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union
  • Trademark Paralegal for Esteé Lauder Companies, Inc.
  • Women's Advocate for a Domestic Violence Shelter
  • Worker in Tibetan Refugee Camps
  • Pediatric Medical Assistant for Haitian Earthquake Relief
  • Intern for National Public Radio
  • Elementary School Teacher
  • Digital Producer for ABC News This Week with Christiane Amanpour
  • Director of a Disability Project in Bangladesh
  • Ethics Specialist with the National Institutes of Health
  • Founder and President of a men's clothing company
  • Marketing Analyst for the National Football League
  • Poll Inspector for the Florida Board of Elections
  • Archivist for the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation
  • Veterinary Technician
  • Executive Director for an HIV/AIDS Awareness Effort in South Sudan
  • Community Relations Intern with the Boston Bruins
  • Academic Decathlon Team Coach for a Los Angeles high school
  • Intern for the New York State Assembly
  • Soldiers in the Army, Air Force, Marines, and National Guard