Asians at Georgetown = only 2%? Forum

[ku546]

According to their ABA 509, the asian population at Gtown is 1.8% of the total population. Black population is 6.9%. I've never seen such a low number for asians at a top school.

I presume that means being asian is an advantage for admissions, which I find hard to believe. Can anyone shed light on this?

Link to 2013 ABA: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admission ... Report.pdf

[03152016]

some asians see their race as a disadvantage in the admissions process and are likely to not specify a race

so my best guess is that it's a self-reporting thing

[eriedoctrine]

According to their ABA 509, the asian population at Gtown is 1.8% of the total population. Black population is 6.9%. I've never seen such a low number for asians at a top school.

I presume that means being asian is an advantage for admissions, which I find hard to believe. Can anyone shed light on this?

Link to 2013 ABA: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admission ... Report.pdf

People who have the numbers to get accepted into GULC also get accepted into other T14 + Vandy with more $$$.
Asians are smart and don't chose GULC.

[03152016]

no, it's not because "asians are smart"

[kingpin101]

It's because 37% of the entire class chose not to report their race. That's very high.

[alexjinye]

People who have the numbers to get accepted into GULC also get accepted into other T14 + Vandy with more $$$.
Asians are smart and don't chose GULC.

Well said, I literally cracked up at this humor.

[reasonable person]

I met an Asian guy at a reception this summer who was accepted as a transfer to Duke, Georgetown, and Emory. All sticker.
He chose Emory because he is from Atlanta and wanted Atlanta biglaw. Duke was his last choice because it wasn't located in a bustling legal market.
Needless to say he wasn't very smart. I later introduced him to LST. He is mad now.

[03152016]

emory takes what can only be described as an unconscionable number of transfers, given their employment outcomes
last year's transfer class was roughly a third of the size of the incoming 1L class

[ku546]

some asians see their race as a disadvantage in the admissions process and are likely to not specify a race

so my best guess is that it's a self-reporting thing

It's because 37% of the entire class chose not to report their race. That's very high.

Makes sense. I wonder if reporting asian would help here though so their reporting looks more well rounded?

Hypothetically, if every black candidate did not report race, Gtown would have to report 0% black. If one black candidate reported race, I wonder if they would be more likely to admit that candidate for the sake of reporting.

[PeanutsNJam]

...did I make a mistake reporting Asian? Shit.