Entering Class Profile

This class has collectively lived or worked in:

Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia

Afrikaans, Arabic, Aramaic, Bengali, Cachikel, Cantonese, Farsi, French, German, Greek (Attic), Greek (Modern), Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, K’ekchi, Kiswahili, Korean, Latin, Malayalam, Mandarin, Pashto, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sign Language, Spanish, Tamil, Urdu

Members of the class include:

• A flamenco dancer
• A 5-time Emmy award-winning television producer
• A volunteer firefighter
• A certified judge for the Kansas City Barbeque Society
• A traditional Chinese dancer
• A hip-hop dancer
• The youngest university graduate in the history of Germany
• A scholar of Korean soap operas
• A member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• A winner of The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest (2007)
• A stand-up comedian
• A certified mixologist
• A former professional soccer player
• A professional poker player
• A student who sailed shorthanded across the Atlantic, twice
• A former full-time stay at home parent
• A student who attended the trial of Slobodan Milosevic
• The cymbal section leader of a marching band that performed at the Vatican
• 7 marathon runners
• 34 graduate degrees, including 4 PhDs
• 2 military officers
• 3 radio talk show hosts
• 2 debate champions
• 5 mountain climbers
• 2 competitive skydivers
• 4 black-belt martial artists
• 4 Eagle Scouts
• A Girl Scout Gold Award recipient

Class of 2011 Profile

3109 applicants    ·    238 accepted    ·    189 matriculated
49% women   ·    32% students of color    ·    24 median age
37 states represented