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As campus and the South 40 fills with students, there will be new faces in the crowd, the accomplished Class of 2005.
The first-year students --who hail from all over the world and represent 23 countries, 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico --arrived Aug. 16 and have been busy unpacking, learning their way around campus and gearing up for the fall semester. Their classes began Wednesday.
Many in the select group of 1,280 were academic leaders, officers in student government and participants in extracurricular activities and athletics in high school. Collectively, the incoming class has received almost 1,974 special awards and recognitions.
¥ Approximately 159 were senior class officers, and 325 were officers in service organizations;
¥ Many served as editors --94 of yearbooks and 116 of newspapers;
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¥ Musically, 315 were members of their school bands or orchestras and 217 were members of a choir or chorus;
¥ 343 were involved in the performing arts; and
¥ In athletics, 423 were team captains.
"Washington University is thrilled to have such an extraordinary freshman class," said
Nanette H. Tarbouni, director of admissions. "It is a compliment to the Washington University community that these young people have chosen to join us here."
The talented freshmen were chosen from a record number of applicants --nearly 21,000.
Above right and left: The first step of the move-in process: Students unload their belongings from vehicles last week at the South 40.
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