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[Colorado10]

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[Bildungsroman]

Using her copy of the Yale Law School Facebook, Luna took a tally and found that Yale and Harvard graduates made up roughly 25 percent of her class. When graduates from Stanford and the other six Ivy League schools were factored in, the percentage reached 50 — but Luna said she was amazed the number was that low.

[lawgod]

Hi all,

I just had a quick question.

According to the following article from the Yale Daily News:

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/ ... law-cycle/

It appears that 75% of Yale students attended one of the Ivy League colleges + Stanford.

The article states that student body for the 09-10 year came from 185 undergraduate institutions.

The website of YLS states that 255 students were accepted last year.

75% of 255 = 191.25 attended Ivy League + Stanford

25 % of 255 = 63.75 attended other schools.

If that's the case, how can 185 undergraduate institutions be represented by the student body?
Isn't the maximum number of non-Ivy League + Stanford school represented 63?

I'm horrible at math, so I'd appreciate if anyone can clarify the calculations.

Thanksss.

You're doing the math wrong. You are starting from the whole number and subtracting 75%, instead of starting with the 75%.

[Colorado10]

Using her copy of the Yale Law School Facebook, Luna took a tally and found that Yale and Harvard graduates made up roughly 25 percent of her class. When graduates from Stanford and the other six Ivy League schools were factored in, the percentage reached 50 — but Luna said she was amazed the number was that low.

I would think that the editors at the Yale Daily News would have performed at least some preliminary fact-checking.

[Verity]

According to "Luna," the unofficial tally of all the Ivy undergrads make up about half the class, not 75%.

Assuming that 50% = 9 schools (Ivies + Stanford), and every single person in the other half of the 225-person class went to a different UG, then this would still not give you enough people and institutions for what you claim the article said to make sense (9 + 112 = 121).

But:

The article actually says that "In the 2009-’10 enrollment season, the student body came from 185 different institutions, 48 states and several other countries."

If "the student body" means 1L, 2L, & 3L, then this might be possible. I'd even consider factoring in other "institutions" where they might have gotten graduate degrees, if it wasn't for the next sentence seeming to imply that 185 means UG.

[Colorado10]

According to "Luna," the unofficial tally of all the Ivy undergrads make up about half the class, not 75%.

Assuming that 50% = 9 schools (Ivies + Stanford), and every single person in the other half of the 225-person class went to a different UG, then this would still not give you enough people and institutions for what you claim the article said to make sense (9 + 112 = 121).

But:

The article actually says that "In the 2009-’10 enrollment season, the student body came from 185 different institutions, 48 states and several other countries."

If "the student body" means 1L, 2L, & 3L, then this might be possible. I'd even consider factoring in other "institutions" where they might have gotten graduate degrees, if it wasn't for the next sentence seeming to imply that 185 means UG.

Hey Verity,

Thanks for the response. You're right, I made the mistake of thinking that 75% attended Ivy League + Stanford. It is, as you pointed out, roughly 50%, according to Luna.

It also appears that among the 255 accepted last year, 205 actually matriculated.

So I'm guessing about 100 students attended non-Ivy League colleges + Stanford and they represent the 185 different institutions. I think the student body refers to that particular class of 09-10. So I guess graduate schools were also factored into the "institutions represented." But given how graduate school GPAs do not count for LSAC GPA and also the US & News Ranking, I'm a bit uncertain as to whether graduate schools should count towards "institutions represented." I got the impression that only undergraduate institutions count toward "institutions represented." Hmmm....

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

69 undergrad institutions in the class of 2013:
http://www.law.yale.edu/admissions/profile.htm

[flcath]

Let's hope the ABA cracks down on this kind of false advertising and shuts this TTT down.

[scammedhard]

Let's hope the ABA cracks down on this kind of false advertising and shuts this TTT down.

No. Let's hope that the DoEd takes away the law school overseeing powers from the incompetent, passive, and unwilling ABA.

[flcath]

Let's hope the ABA cracks down on this kind of false advertising and shuts this TTT down.

No. Let's hope that the DoEd takes away the law school overseeing powers from the incompetent, passive, and unwilling ABA.

You and I have found common ground.

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Humans, 69 in the class of 2013 is compatible with 185 in the student body. Especially if they're including LLM and JSD classes that are mainly composed of furrners.

[Verity]

Yeah, nobody gives a shit about any of this OP. But I do love keeping Yale on its toes.

[Wade LeBosh]

Perhaps Ivy grads are much more likely to apply to YLS than non-ivy grads.

[chucklesmcgee]

Perhaps Ivy grads are much more likely to apply to YLS than non-ivy grads.

Or that people who have the credentials to make it into a top school for undergraduate are going to make up an overwhelming percentage of top LSAT scorers.

[Wade LeBosh]

Perhaps Ivy grads are much more likely to apply to YLS than non-ivy grads.

Or that people who have the credentials to make it into a top school for undergraduate are going to make up a overwhelming disproportionate percentage of top LSAT scorers.

Both of these ideas make sense. A big problem with this article is that it doesn't compare the YLS admissions stats to peer schools.

[joeljohnson]

185 different institutions are represented in the STUDENT BODY for the 09-10 year, not in a single class. Thus, whether it is 75% or 50%, there are enough students who did not attend Ivy League schools to account for 185 different institutions.