Entering Class Profile

Fun Facts About the Class of 2015

This class has collectively lived or worked in:

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

And can read and speak the following languages:

Akkadian, American Sign Language, Arabic, Attic Greek, Cantonese, Creole, Czech, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kimaasai, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Korean, Kyrgyz, Latin, Luganda, Mandarin, Palestinian Aramaic, Polish, Portuguese, Runykore, Russian, Sindhi, Spanish, Tetum, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Yoruba

Members of the class include:

  • Microfinance instructor

  • Juggler

  • Published novelist

  • Chemist

  • Investigator for the World Bank Inspection Panel

  • Neuroscientist

  • Dog agility trainer

  • Economist for the White House Council of Economic Advisers

  • Shakespearian actor

  • Au pair

  • Vegan chef

  • College varsity soccer coach

  • Professional opera singer

  • Documentary filmmakers

  • Music producer

  • Co-founder of a nationally-recognized nonprofit 

  • Airline ramp agent

  • Special Assistant to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice

  • NYPD auxiliary police officer

  • Professors of English, History, and Philosophy

  • Broadway production assistant

  • Speechwriters for the Natural Resources Defense Council and the British Parliament

  • Amateur boxer

  • Media artist

  • Advocate for victims of rape

  • Advisor to the President of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq

  • Policy analysts for: the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Center for Democracy and Technology, Bloomberg Government, the New Jersey Department of Education, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker

  • Itinerant fruit harvester

  • Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

  • A student who spent 17 months traveling on a self-planned, self-guided, overland journey through 29 developing nations

  • 4 Rhodes scholars

  • 6 Marshall scholars

  • 8 Fulbright fellows

  • 3 Truman scholars

  • 1 Gates scholar

  • 3 Marines

  • 5 Eagle Scouts

  • 3 Girl Scout Gold Awards

  • 11 marathon/ultramarathon runners

  • 1 triathlete

  • 5 martial arts black belts 

Class of 2015 Profile

2943 applicants
237 new offers    ·    196 new offers accepted
245 net admits1    ·    203 matriculated
45% women   ·   32% students of color    ·    25 average age   ·   35 states represented
19% directly from undergrad  ·   42% 1-2 years out  ·   38% 2+ years out

1In contrast to the new offers amount, which provides the number of new offers made during the 2011-12 admissions cycle, the net admits number takes into account prior deferrals that are part of the incoming class and deducts new deferrals that will not be part of the incoming class.  

                                                     GPA
|______________________________________________|
 3.49                 3.84                     3.90                       3.98                    4.21           
 Low                 25%                     Median                 75%                   High

                                                    LSAT
|______________________________________________|
157                   170                       173                        176                     180      
Low                  25%                     Median                 75%                   High


  68 undergraduate institutions represented:   

Albion College

American University

Amherst College

Barnard College

Boston University

Brown University

Case Western Reserve University

Clemson University

College of the Holy Cross

Columbia University - Columbia College

Columbia University - School of General Studies

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Davidson College

Duke University

Emory University

Florida State University

George Washington University

Gonzaga University

Harvard University

Hastings College

Indiana University - Bloomington

Johns Hopkins University

McGill University

New York University - College of Arts & Sciences

Northwestern University

Ohio State University - Columbus

Peking University

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

Pomona College

Princeton University

Reed College

Saint John’s College

Seattle University

Stanford University

Swarthmore College

United States Naval Academy

University of California - Berkeley

University of California - Davis

University of California - Los Angeles

University of California - San Diego

University of Cambridge

University of Chicago

University of Colorado - Boulder

University of Connecticut - Storrs

University of Florida

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

University of Iowa

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

University of Oregon

University of Otago

University of Oxford

University of Pennsylvania

University of Richmond

University of Rochester

University of Southern California

University of Texas - Austin

University of Virginia

Virginia Tech

Vanderbilt University

Vassar College

Washington University

Wesleyan University

Williams College

Yale University

Yeshiva University