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Alumni

The Entering Class

Once again, Georgetown received more applications than any law school in the country — resulting in a diverse and accomplished group of first-year students. The new entering class hails from 46 states and 13 foreign countries (63 countries including LL.M. students) and represents 210 different colleges and universities. Forty-seven percent of the entering class is female and 25 percent is from a minority group. The median LSAT score of the day division is 170 and the median grade point average is 3.68. Five percent of the entering class graduated summa cum laude. The class includes:

• 50 students who graduated Phi Beta Kappa
• 38 with advanced degrees, including 11 Ph.D.s
• 4 Fulbright scholars and 2 Truman scholars
• 14 teachers, including 9 from Teach for America
• 11 Peace Corps volunteers (the most ever), 6 AmeriCorps volunteers and 4 members of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps
• 15 members of the military
• 10 patent examiners
• 6 newspaper reporters
• 5 engineers
• 4 actors
• 3 press secretaries from Capitol Hill
• 2 documentary filmmakers
• 1 cowboy