answer:Emphasis mine. ”With an annual acceptance rate of approximately 25%, Washington is a highly selective law school. In the 2008 application cycle, of the nearly 2,400 applicants who petitioned for entry into the school, 601 were accepted, 187 of whom matriculated to form the 2008 entering class. This entering class boasted a median GPA of 3.72, while the median LSAT score of the class was 163. Future applicants with numbers near or above these medians can expect to be competitive in the school’s admissions process. Of course, like other elite law schools, Washington looks beyond an applicant’s numbers in making decisions on applications, and aims to compose an entering classes diverse in ethnicity and background. As such, applicants able to successfully demonstrate ways in which they can bring diversity to the law school could significantly increase their chances at admission. As previously mentioned, because Washington is a public law school, residents of Washington state who attend the school can attain an elite legal education at a bargain price. For the 2009–2010 academic year, tuition for resident students at the school was $22,267, while non-resident students paid $32,777. Although residents, who comprised 60% of the 2008 entering class, ” From University of Washington