Applications Received (JD): 3408
Total Number of Offers: 1031
Class Size: 187
Median LSAT: 164
25th/75th Percentile LSAT: 159/165
Median GPA: 3.62
25th/75th Percentile GPA: 3.40/3.73
Percentage of Students Self-Identifying as Members of a Racial/Ethnic Minority: 19%
Percentage of Men/Women: 55%/45%
Age Range: 20 to 37
Average Age: 23
Percentage of Students Entering Directly from College: 45%
Percentage of Students Who Worked One Year or More Prior to Law School: 55%
First-year students hail from 35 states, the District of Columbia, and three foreign countries (China, Nepal and South Korea). States with six or more students are:
California - 10
Florida - 10
Maryland - 15
New Jersey - 10
New York - 13
North Carolina - 10
Pennsylvania - 9
Texas - 9
Virginia - 36
Members of the Class of 2015 earned undergraduate degrees from 129 different institutions. Schools with three or more students:
College of William and Mary - 4
James Madison University - 3
University of Florida - 6
University of Maryland, College Park - 5
University of Michigan - 3
University of Pennsylvania - 4
University of Texas, Austin - 3
University of Virginia - 11
Virginia Tech - 4
Washington and Lee University - 5
Members of the Class of 2015 majored in a variety of subjects during their respective undergraduate years. Majors with four or more students:
Business - 8
Classics - 6
Communications - 6
Criminal Justice - 4
Economics - 12
English - 10
Finance - 4
Government - 5
History - 12
Humanities - 8
International Relations - 6
Marketing - 4
Philosophy - 11
Political Science - 44
Pre-Law - 4
Spanish - 5
The Class of 2015 is an eclectic group with an array of interests. Many of the members of the Class of 2015 are musicians, dancers, actors or performing artists. They sign in a cappella groups and play piano, saxophone and trumpet. Several students wrote for college newspapers or deejayed on college radio stations during their undergraduate years. Other students founded and led debate teams, participated in their college Mock Trial teams and held leadership positions in student government. Six members of the class volunteered with Teach for America before arriving in Lexington, and 19 students have been involved in a political campaign. One student writes a blog for the New York Jets, and another was a speechwriter at the British Embassy.
Students competed at the collegiate level in the following sports: Soccer, Lacrosse, Football, Rugby, Tennis, Cross Country & Track and Field, Rowing, Water Polo, Skiing, Women's Ice Hockey, Open Water Diving, Baseball, Basketball and Ultimate Frisbee. One student competed in the US Olympic swimming trials for the London 2012 Olympics.
A number of the members of the Class of 2015 have traveled extensiviely. Consistent with this international orientation, members of the Class of 2015 speak a variety of languages including Spanish, Luganda, French, German, Yourba, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Ancient Greek, Italian, Russian, Punjabi, Amharic, Swahili, Persian Farsi, Nepali, Hindi, Urdu, and Hungarian.