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Law Applicants Double

The number of applicants to the
School of Law doubled between 1968
and 1971 according to Law School
Admissions Office. In the fall of 1968
there were 1,766 applicants, a number
which rose to 3,536 in the fall of 1971.

The ratio of applications to
admissions offers has increased from 2 to
1 to 7 to 1 in the past four years. Law
school aptitude test scores averaged 621
in the fall of 1967, and 644 in 1971.
Applicant grade point averages rose from
3.06 to 3.20.