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Boalt's Entering Class Brings Wealth of Talents, Backgrounds
 Some 264 new Boalt students began their law school education on Monday, August 22, with overall credentials that include 12 Ph.D.'s, 40 master's degrees, five Fulbright Fellowships, and a host of other distinguished awards. Members of the entering class have diverse backgrounds and past careers as company founders, engineers, securities and financial analysts, intercollegiate debaters, community volunteers, a Navy SEAL and a hula teacher.
Coming to Berkeley from 38 different states of origin and eight foreign countries, Boalt's first-year students, who will graduate in 2008, received undergraduate degrees in 75 majors and attended 94 undergraduate institutions. Women make up 58 percent of the class, and 30 percent of the students are people of color. They were selected from among 7,535 applicants.
"We experienced another highly competitive applicant pool this year that included far more people than we could accommodate,” said Boalt Admissions Director Edward Tom. “The entering class of 2005 is all the more remarkable for having survived a very thorough and rigorous selection process. I am confident each one of them will carry on Boalt's tradition of excellence and service." Read the story.
(8/23/05)
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