A Thousand Miles Away

Colleges & Universities Loyola Marymount University
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<p>I really am interested in attending LMU, but mom my is a little iffy about me going a long way from home. I live in Ohio. Are there a lot of kids from out of state, and if so is there a good amount from the east coast or midwest regions?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://newsroom.lmu.edu/newsroompressreleases/freshmen.htm?DateTime=633909549600000000&PageMode=View[/url]”>http://newsroom.lmu.edu/newsroompressreleases/freshmen.htm?DateTime=633909549600000000&PageMode=View&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>"Freshman Class at LMU Exudes Excellence</p>

<p>The kids are all right. More than all right, in fact.</p>

<p>The make-up of Loyola Marymount University’s class of 2013 shows the continued standard of excellence and breadth of diversity that LMU’s student body has become known for.</p>

<p>Average SAT scores for LMU freshmen reached their highest point ever. First-year students’ combined math and verbal scores averaged 1191—better than three-quarters of their peers around the country, and a three-point increase from last year’s score.</p>

<p>LMU’s first-year students are no strangers to the world outside California. Nearly one-third come from out-of-state, and the number of international students in the 2009 freshman class is more than double the total from the prior year.</p>

<p>The class is an ethnically diverse group as well. Of the first-year students, 18 percent are Hispanic, 15 percent Asian or Pacific Islander, 7 percent African American, 1 percent Native American and 55 percent white. The crop of freshmen is 59 percent female and 41 percent male.</p>

<p>The class of 2013 has already made their impact felt at LMU. This year’s Freshman Book is David Shields’ “The Thing About Life is That One Day You’ll be Dead,” a provocative work that interweaves personal anecdotes with scientific data as it explores the arc of a human life. Each first-year student is expected to read the book and will discuss it during a special class session.</p>

<p>LMU’s freshmen have also chosen their class motto, from 20th century dramatist George Bernard Shaw: “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”"</p>