Fifteen Years of Change: Students

MAIN » FACULTY NOTES » LECTURES & EVENTS » FEATURE » ARTICLES » DEPARTMENTS

Students

As the quality of the education has gotten even better, so have the students.
Georgetown Law Center now receives more applicants than any law school in the country. Some 12,202 applicants applied for 450 spaces for the full-time class entering in the fall of 2003. Generous contributions by alumni and supporters allowed the school to scale back the entering class from the 500 to 450 five years ago, lowering the faculty/student ratio from 27:1 to about 16:1.

The enrolled class of 2003 had an average 3.64 grade point average and a median LSAT score of 169, placing them in the top 2 percent of all test takers. “Alumni are in awe of the caliber of students,” Judge Mary Lupo (L’74) said. “The value of my degree has done nothing but go up.” Along with top-level academic achievement, Georgetown Law students bring their own histories, perspectives, cultures, and goals to the school. They come from 46 states and 20 other nations. Some 46 percent are women and 26 percent are minorities. This diversity enhances the education and experiences for everyone at the Law Center.
But the real testament to Georgetown’s success comes from the students. In 1989 when graduating students were asked to rate their time at Georgetown, fewer than half saw their years as “essentially good ones.” When the class of 2003 was asked to look back, almost three-fourths called their years at the Law Center good. Some 35 percent at the school “some of the most rewarding in my life.”

Back 8 of 10 Next

Revised June 2, 2004 (SPR)