the lucky 20% at YLS Forum

[anstone1988]

Who (given that they didn't attend an Ivy or Stanford for undergrad) can get into YLS straight from undergrad?

[Renzo]

Someone who has a 4.0 and 180, and is a chess grand master?

[Verity]

[thederangedwang]

Who (given that they didn't attend an Ivy or Stanford for undergrad) can get into YLS straight from undergrad?

I think I have a decent shot. (According to various calculators I'm 50/50)

173 (june 2011)
4.0 from Top 20 undergrad (non-ivy, non-stanford)
Strong softs (I think), I'm a D1 athlete

Applying to Yale, along others, in Oct, I'll post how it goes

[Knock]

Who (given that they didn't attend an Ivy or Stanford for undergrad) can get into YLS straight from undergrad?

I think I have a decent shot. (According to various calculators I'm 50/50)

173 (june 2011)
4.0 from Top 20 undergrad (non-ivy, non-stanford)
Strong softs (I think), I'm a D1 athlete

Applying to Yale, along others, in Oct, I'll post how it goes

The calculators don't have great predictive power for certain schools, such as Yale, Stanford, and Berkeley. I think you have a decent shot but you never know. Yale's unique admissions process (if you're not an auto-admit, your application gets read over by several law professors, unlike most law schools) guarantees unpredictability. There's a little bit luck of the draw involved with getting professors who will look at your application favorably.

[thederangedwang]

Who (given that they didn't attend an Ivy or Stanford for undergrad) can get into YLS straight from undergrad?

I think I have a decent shot. (According to various calculators I'm 50/50)

173 (june 2011)
4.0 from Top 20 undergrad (non-ivy, non-stanford)
Strong softs (I think), I'm a D1 athlete

Applying to Yale, along others, in Oct, I'll post how it goes

The calculators don't have great predictive power for certain schools, such as Yale, Stanford, and Berkeley. I think you have a decent shot but you never know. Yale's unique admissions process (if you're not an auto-admit, your application gets read over by several law professor, unlike most law schools) guarantees unpredictability. There's a little bit luck of the draw involved with getting professors who will look at your application favorably.

Yeah, Yale is tough for sure. But what also helps me is that I'm from the South, so thatll be good for their geographic distribution hopefully

[kulshan]

Who (given that they didn't attend an Ivy or Stanford for undergrad) can get into YLS straight from undergrad?

I think I have a decent shot. (According to various calculators I'm 50/50)

173 (june 2011)
4.0 from Top 20 undergrad (non-ivy, non-stanford)
Strong softs (I think), I'm a D1 athlete

Applying to Yale, along others, in Oct, I'll post how it goes

The calculators don't have great predictive power for certain schools, such as Yale, Stanford, and Berkeley. I think you have a decent shot but you never know. Yale's unique admissions process (if you're not an auto-admit, your application gets read over by several law professor, unlike most law schools) guarantees unpredictability. There's a little bit luck of the draw involved with getting professors who will look at your application favorably.

Yeah, Yale is tough for sure. But what also helps me is that I'm from the South, so thatll be good for their geographic distribution hopefully

Does Yale really care about geographic diversity? Anyone know *how much* they care, if at all?

[Knock]

I think I have a decent shot. (According to various calculators I'm 50/50)

173 (june 2011)
4.0 from Top 20 undergrad (non-ivy, non-stanford)
Strong softs (I think), I'm a D1 athlete

Applying to Yale, along others, in Oct, I'll post how it goes

The calculators don't have great predictive power for certain schools, such as Yale, Stanford, and Berkeley. I think you have a decent shot but you never know. Yale's unique admissions process (if you're not an auto-admit, your application gets read over by several law professor, unlike most law schools) guarantees unpredictability. There's a little bit luck of the draw involved with getting professors who will look at your application favorably.

Yeah, Yale is tough for sure. But what also helps me is that I'm from the South, so thatll be good for their geographic distribution hopefully

Does Yale really care about geographic diversity? Anyone know *how much* they care, if at all?

It's not going to make you or break you. Undoubtedly, Yale has enough qualified applicants from every geographic region to fill their class. If you look at their Class of 2013 profile, you can see things they do care about.

[descartesb4thehorse]

Who (given that they didn't attend an Ivy or Stanford for undergrad) can get into YLS straight from undergrad?

I think I have a decent shot. (According to various calculators I'm 50/50)

173 (june 2011)
4.0 from Top 20 undergrad (non-ivy, non-stanford)
Strong softs (I think), I'm a D1 athlete

Applying to Yale, along others, in Oct, I'll post how it goes

The calculators don't have great predictive power for certain schools, such as Yale, Stanford, and Berkeley. I think you have a decent shot but you never know. Yale's unique admissions process (if you're not an auto-admit, your application gets read over by several law professor, unlike most law schools) guarantees unpredictability. There's a little bit luck of the draw involved with getting professors who will look at your application favorably.

Yeah, Yale is tough for sure. But what also helps me is that I'm from the South, so thatll be good for their geographic distribution hopefully

Not a soft.

[AztecaRex]

The calculators don't have great predictive power for certain schools, such as Yale, Stanford, and Berkeley. I think you have a decent shot but you never know. Yale's unique admissions process (if you're not an auto-admit, your application gets read over by several law professor, unlike most law schools) guarantees unpredictability. There's a little bit luck of the draw involved with getting professors who will look at your application favorably.

Yeah, Yale is tough for sure. But what also helps me is that I'm from the South, so thatll be good for their geographic distribution hopefully

Does Yale really care about geographic diversity? Anyone know *how much* they care, if at all?

It's not going to make you or break you. Undoubtedly, Yale has enough qualified applicants from every geographic region to fill their class. If you look at their Class of 2013 profile, you can see things they do care about.

Yeah, Yale Law is definitely trying to up their slam poet/Eagle Scout count for the upcoming year though.

[Wade LeBosh]

It's not going to make you or break you. Undoubtedly, Yale has enough qualified applicants from every geographic region to fill their class. If you look at their Class of 2013 profile, you can see things they do care about.

Yeah, Yale Law is definitely trying to up their slam poet/Eagle Scout count for the upcoming year though.

]Members of the class include:

A Marine Corps combat correspondent
A marionette-maker
A student responsible for releasing 720,000 ladybugs in lower Manhattan
A professional magician

[WestOfTheRest]

Who (given that they didn't attend an Ivy or Stanford for undergrad) can get into YLS straight from undergrad?

I think I have a decent shot. (According to various calculators I'm 50/50)

173 (june 2011)
4.0 from Top 20 undergrad (non-ivy, non-stanford)
Strong softs (I think), I'm a D1 athlete

Applying to Yale, along others, in Oct, I'll post how it goes

The calculators don't have great predictive power for certain schools, such as Yale, Stanford, and Berkeley. I think you have a decent shot but you never know. Yale's unique admissions process (if you're not an auto-admit, your application gets read over by several law professor, unlike most law schools) guarantees unpredictability. There's a little bit luck of the draw involved with getting professors who will look at your application favorably.

Yeah, Yale is tough for sure. But what also helps me is that I'm from the South, so thatll be good for their geographic distribution hopefully

Flame? Right? Right!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[AntipodeanPhil]

Yeah, Yale is tough for sure. But what also helps me is that I'm from the South, so thatll be good for their geographic distribution hopefully

Flame? Right? Right!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

LOL. Yeah, I doubt Yale cares much about Division 1 athletics either - too common. Now, if the poster had been in an Olympic team, or really achieved domething in D1, that might be a different story.