<p>I am a parent of an AU senior. Occassionally parents get informational emails from AU, and the following was in an email from the interim president, Neil Kerwin:</p>
<p>Fall Enrollment</p>
<p>As of May 1, we had received 1,471 deposits for the 2006 fall freshman class, making it the largest number of deposits ever received (since we have been tracking them). Based on this, we will exceed our deposit goal for the class of 2010. The academic quality of this deposited class exceeds last years record levels, with the average SAT score of 1270 (1267 in 2005) and an average GPA of 3.53 (3.51 in 2005). There are 182 Honors students who have paid their deposits (average SAT score of 1425 and GPA of 3.89), an increase in number and quality over the class entering in 2005. To date, multicultural students comprise 13 percent of the incoming freshman class, and we received 66 deposits from international students (up from 51 for fall 2005). We set new records for the number of campus visitorswith 3,890 in April 2006 compared with 2,390 campus visitors in April 2005. Transfer applications are up 4 percent over last year. Masters level applications are down by almost 3 percent compared with last year, with deposits down 10 percent. Doctoral enrollments are holding steady. Contrary to national patterns, applications are up substantially at the Washington College of Law; deposits have increased by 21.5 percent for the JD program and 17.8 percent for the LLM program. The caliber and diversity of students admitted to the law school is noteworthy; the school has received deposits from 599 students (511 full time and 88 part time), 35 percent of whom are minorities. The median LSAT score for the full-time students is 162.</p>