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Yale Law School

Rank 1 (USNWR 2024)

Applicants for the class of 2008 , matriculating 2005

368 applicants for the 2004 - 2005  cycle
20 / 36  , 231 rejected, 9 waitlisted, 25 withdrawn
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 172 175 177
GPA 3.89 3.96 4.0
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 4412 89
# Admissions offers 246 -
Class size 201 65
% Accepted 5.6% 100
% Yield 72.8% 99
LSData Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 167 171 174
GPA 3.6 3.76 3.9
LSData Averages Rejected All Accepted
LSAT 169 170 174
GPA 3.68 3.71 3.82
Softs - - -
Scholarship - - $11,006
Miscellaneous
Days from sent to decision 104
Days from UR to decision -
Interview invite rate -
Interview conversion rate -
URM LSAT differential -3.11
URM GPA differential -0.19
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Name Result Last seen GPA LSAT GRE URM WE Scholarship Sent Received Complete UR UR2 Interview invite Decision
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Name Result Last seen GPA LSAT GRE URM WE $$$$ Sent Received Complete UR UR2 II Decision
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Yale Law School
Elle Woods went here, 'nuff said.
$35,221.00
Tuition
94th percentile
$59,202.00
CoA
92nd percentile
96.40%
Bar pass rate
90th percentile
$190,000.00
Salary, 25th %
100th percentile
$190,000.00
Salary
100th percentile
$64,878.00
PI Salary
87th percentile
83.90%
Employment rate
92nd percentile
66.20%
Grads with debt
22nd percentile
$135,680.00
Average debt
76th percentile

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Default for Yale University is $190,000
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Calculations assume a 10-year fixed rate loan.

Yale University Breakdown

In-school

Total cost of attendance$315,000
$105,000 x 3
Total scholarships$75,000
$25,000 x 3
Savings$10,000
Debt after three years$230,000
Assuming 10-year fixed rate loan
Total repaid@5.0%$11,500
Interest paid$11,500

After graduation

Annual breakdown
Post-grad income$180,000
Income taxes$60,000
Living expenses$60,000
Loan repayment$2,000
Annual discretionary income$60,000

Monthly breakdown
Post-grad income$180,000
Income taxes$60,000
Living expenses$60,000
Loan repayment$2,000
Monthly discretionary income$60,000

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Legallynotblondeee
14:08
I interviewed with someone not in admissions, her name was Sarah Caputo
SatisfyingHeartbreakingAnt
14:32
does it mean smth to interview with someone not in admissions? or is it j random
Legallynotblondeee
14:45
I have no idea thats what I am trying to figure out. I can't imagine it is a good thing
Legallynotblondeee
14:48
The interviewer also didn't let me ask her any questions, probably bc she wouldn't have been able to answer them. Whole experience is freaking me out now.
Legallynotblondeee
14:50
I haven't found anyone who didn't interview with an admissions person until I saw that message here
SatisfyingHeartbreakingAnt
15:23
i heard this year a II is required for the A. I wonder if the interview pairings are j random or if they alr knew they wanted to admit u before the ii. regardless it is an amazing thing that u got the ii
Legallynotblondeee
15:37
I wonder why they brought in someone external
14:22
@Legallynotblondeee: I also had an external party conduct my interview
[] Legallynotblondeee
16:13
@OtakuHotGirl: omg really, how did you feel about it, I feel really bummed
[] Legallynotblondeee
16:15
@OtakuHotGirl: I'm just wondering why we got paired with external people as opposed to an admissions officer. It feel like maybe a bad sign, but I could be reading the tea leaves.
16:35
@Legallynotblondeee: I think not being able to get real answers to my questions was a bit disappointing.
16:36
But I'm trying not to read into it too much. I don't think they would waste resources (external or not) interviewing us if they weren't actually considering us. I think I'm just going to focus on being proud of myself for even getting an interview.
[] Legallynotblondeee
17:02
@OtakuHotGirl: You're right. Yeah my person also didn't give me a chance to ask questions either.
I had the same external interviewer. I personally don’t think it means much; she was taking a lot of notes, which gave me the impression that she was simply passing them on for faculty to consider as part of their review. So my read of the situation is that this is a resource issue, and not an indication of sending certain candidates to an external candidate.
Could be wrong, of course! We won’t ever know
17:37
Agreed!
[] Legallynotblondeee
17:40
thanks both this makes me feel better
10:49
No IIs for people who are catching the Yale R wave?
Did all the Yale R emails go out at the same time?
mine was 10:00 cst
[] Legallynotblondeee
11:33
@CivisRomanus: doesn't seem like it
13:43
Tough day for YLS apps
I also interviewed with Sarah and she didn't let me ask any questions. Glad to hear I wasn't alone haha
AcousticMessyBunny
14:27
just to add to people's reports - I also had an external interviewer, she was v nice and took lots of notes - she let me ask questions but warned me she might not be able to answer them v fully
CivisRomanus
10:41
Last two weeks we've seen people get ii invites within 7-10 or even 4 days of going complete. Any hunches on what this could indicate about the process? Seems different than the last view under the hood we got in the podcast episode with KH and MI from spring '23.
CivisRomanus
10:42
KJ not KH* (HLS admis. dean)
Considering the rapid iis recently, safe to assume those who haven't received ii and went complete before thanksgiving won't?
CivisRomanus
15:51
In my mind, theres eithewr a random algo assigning the iis
CivisRomanus
15:52
or you get like a first review and that person can recommend ii or not, only way it could happen that quick
OneChildlikeCalf
15:06
Uggggggghhhhhhhhh.
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