Washington University in St. Louis
The Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) is a private research university 15 minutes west of downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It includes schools of law, business, medicine, social work, architecture and engineering. In the 2004 US News Rankings, its undergraduate program was ranked at number 9 in the nation. This was the first time it has been ranked among the top 10 premier institutions in America. It has also gained recognition for its ability to get financial endowments.Washington University was founded in 1853 by the Unitarian minister William Greenleaf Eliot, grandfather of the Nobel Prize laureate poet T. S. Eliot. The current Chancellor of the University is Dr. Mark S. Wrighton, an MIT-trained chemist who was formerly the provost at MIT.
The school's sports teams are called the Bears. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and in the University Athletic Association. Some events during the olympics of 1904 were held on its athletic field.
It also collaborates with a large St. Louis hospital, BJC HealthCare, sharing many of its medical resources and staff.
School of Law
The law school offers a full-time, day program beginning in August for J.D in a state-of-the-art building, Anheuser-Busch Hall (opened in 1997). The building combines traditional architecture, a five-story open-stacks library, and the latest wireless and other technologies. National Jurist ranked Washington University 4th among the "25 Most Wired Law Schools." The School of Law offers eight joint-degree programs, including JD/MSW, JD/East Asian Studies, and JD/MBA programs. The law school offers 3 semesters of courses in the Spring, Summer, Fall and requires at least 87 houes of corsework for graduation. Tuition for the 2004-05 academic year is $32,590 divided into fall and spring payments. The average undergraduate grade point average is 3.6 and LSAT is 164 for the 2003-2004 school year.
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The School of Medicine is ranked the #2 medical school in country according to U.S. News & World Report behind Harvard University and ahead of John Hopkins University.External Links