Yale? Forum

[TheWire]

With a 171 and a 3.8, Law school predictor shows "DENY." In your honest opinion is it even at all plausible to be accepted to Yale. Until now, I have been weary of wasting the $75 on an app. However, my high school buddy got in last week with a 172 3.8 so I have renewed inspiration. Any advice?

[RussianGirl]

Depends on your softs

[ec2xs]

With a 171 and a 3.8, Law school predictor shows "DENY." In your honest opinion is it even at all plausible to be accepted to Yale. Until now, I have been weary of wasting the $75 on an app. However, my high school buddy got in last week with a 172 3.8 so I have renewed inspiration. Any advice?

Do it. Better to know than to wonder.

[TheWire]

bump?

[vanwinkle]

With a 171 and a 3.8, Law school predictor shows "DENY." In your honest opinion is it even at all plausible to be accepted to Yale. Until now, I have been weary of wasting the $75 on an app. However, my high school buddy got in last week with a 172 3.8 so I have renewed inspiration. Any advice?

Do it. Better to know than to wonder.

+1

You're probably not getting in, but if you don't apply you're certainly not getting in.

[vespertiliovir]

Spending $75 now is worth the possibility of Yale and all the doors it opens, IMO

Edited for grammar

[drsomebody]

Admission to Yale seems to totally depend on what you've done with your life and/or where you went to undergrad. If your 171/3.8 comes from Harvard or you've earned a Rhodes you'll be fine, if those numbers are all you've got going for you then the deny is probably what's going to happen. Hell, I'm at 3.9+/176+ with very solid softs and I'm still on pins and needles for Yale.

[hungryhungryhippo]

I'm a 166 and 3.7 from large public school and Yale wrote me a letter inviting me to apply. Granted, it was minority specific, though I'm Asian, which isnt typically considered URM. Stun them and get in.

[zapper]

With a 171 and a 3.8, Law school predictor shows "DENY." In your honest opinion is it even at all plausible to be accepted to Yale. Until now, I have been weary of wasting the $75 on an app. However, my high school buddy got in last week with a 172 3.8 so I have renewed inspiration. Any advice?

Just wondering - what do you think got your buddy in?

[DoubleChecks]

With a 171 and a 3.8, Law school predictor shows "DENY." In your honest opinion is it even at all plausible to be accepted to Yale. Until now, I have been weary of wasting the $75 on an app. However, my high school buddy got in last week with a 172 3.8 so I have renewed inspiration. Any advice?

Just wondering - what do you think got your buddy in?

exactly, i mean his numbers arent great for Yale so there must have been something outstanding about him -- is there something outstanding about you?

[BioEBear2010]

Apply -- you never know what will happen. And yes, softs are everything.

[Ragged]

My stats are very similar to yours, Weak Consider according to LSP and I don't think I'm going to apply. Depends on your softs though.

[TheWire]

my buddy is pretty legit...solid softs, research, very solid undergrad with probably the most difficult undergraduate degree you can attain. Not yale standard gpa, but a 3.8 in his major is, from a peers perspective, pretty damn respectable. In the end, I want to say that i believe yale does the 12 point ranking in their application reviews (talked about in yale profile) and 3 straight people thought he was in the upper quarter of applicants despite being on the ~25% for stats.

I think I can construct a "beefed up" version of my generic app with strong letters of rec from extremely influential doctors/professors. I guess I'm just wondering if my stats(~3.8 171) are actually auto-reject for yale like LSP shows...

[GeePee]

IMO if you're >3.8, >170, you're in the running. No one can really chance anyone else at Yale, but you have a good shot. The key is just writing outstanding essays, and hoping that professors appreciate your style. Good luck with your cycle!