The Class of 2017 is a diverse and accomplished group of students from across the country and around the world. The 307 students come from 39 states, the District of Columbia and 10 foreign countries, and attended 135 undergraduate institutions.
MEDIAN LSAT: 169
25%-75% LSAT: 166-170
MEDIAN GPA: 3.85
25%-75% GPA: 3.57-3.93
AVERAGE AGE: 24(range is 20 to 32)
307 students enrolled from among 5,246 applicants
64% men, 36% women
19% identify themselves as minority students
70% have post-college work experience
Geographic Representation
Students come from 39 states and the District of Columbia, and from 10 foreign countries (Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom). In addition to Virginia, the following states are represented by five or more students:
| New York | 24 | Utah | 8 |
| California | 23 | Massachusetts | 7 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | Alabama | 6 |
| District of Columbia | 12 | Connecticut | 6 |
| Texas | 12 | Georgia | 6 |
| Maryland | 11 | North Carolina | 6 |
| New Jersey | 11 | Ohio | 5 |
| Florida | 10 | Tennessee | 5 |
Where They Went to College
Members of the Class of 2017 come from 135 undergraduate schools. Schools with four or more alumni include:
| University of Virginia | 21 | Boston College | 5 |
| College of William & Mary | 12 | Cornell University | 5 |
| Brigham Young University | 9 | Tulane University | 5 |
| Georgetown University | 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 5 |
| George Washington University | 7 | Vanderbilt University | 5 |
| Princeton University | 7 | Yale University | 5 |
| University of Florida | 7 | Clemson University | 4 |
| University of California, Berkeley | 6 | Dartmouth College | 4 |
| Virginia Tech | 6 | University of Massachusetts | 4 |
| Auburn University | 5 | University of Michigan | 4 |
ALL SCHOOLS
American University
Amherst College
Arizona State University
Armstrong State University
Auburn University
Augustana College
Baylor University
Boise State University
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brigham Young University
Brown University
Bucknell University
California Polytechnic State University
California State University
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Cedarville University
Central Michigan University
Christopher Newport University
Claremont McKenna College
Clemson University
Colgate University
College of the Holy Cross
College of William & Mary
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Duke University
Duquesne University
Elon University
Emory University
Florida State University
George Mason University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia College & State University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia State University
Grove City College
Hamilton College
Hampton University
Harding University
Harvard University
Haverford College
Indiana University
Indiana University, South Bend
James Madison University
Johns Hopkins University
Kansas State University
Lehigh University
Lipscomb University
Loyola University, Chicago
Loyola University, Maryland
McGill University
Miami University
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Mississippi State University
Northern Arizona University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oklahoma State University
Patrick Henry College
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Rice University
Rutgers University
Southern Methodist University
St. John's College
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Stanford University
SUNY Binghamton Center
SUNY Geneseo
Swarthmore College
Texas Christian University
Trinity College, Connecticut
Truman State University
Tulane University
University of Akron
University of Alabama
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Iowa
University of Kentucky
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Mississippi
University of North Carolina
University of North Texas
University of Notre Dame
University of Oklahoma
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Richmond
University of San Diego
University of South Carolina
University of South Dakota
University of Southern California
University of Texas
University of Toronto
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Utah Valley University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington and Lee University
Washington University
Westminster College
Williams College
Yale University
Yeshiva B’nei Torah
As an investigator for the Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Division in Brooklyn, NINA GOEPFERT helped the defense of indigent clients by looking into allegations against them for crimes such as robbery, assault, drug possession and sexual assault. “I’ve seen the ways people’s lives have been impacted by the law, particularly when it comes to criminal law,” said Goepfert, who majored in politics and African-American studies at Oberlin College. “I want to be at the table in deciding what those laws are. And I want to make that process much more inclusive for all people.”
AJANI BROWN said his path to UVA Law began with volunteerism. Because his parents raised him with a sense of civic awareness, Brown said, he eventually became a paralegal intern at Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas, where he helped people below the poverty line access services.
“People would be so grateful for me just filling out the documents they couldn’t fill out themselves,” Brown said. It made him wonder how gratifying it would be to serve as one of the attorneys who actually handled their cases.
A graduate of Brown University, Brown said he was looking forward to his legal studies at Virginia Law.
“UVA will help keep me focused,” he said. “Charlottesville is close enough to a big city, but it will keep me grounded.”
