<p>And as much as I love SLS and will likely attend next year, I would find it hard to choose Stanford over Yale with slightly more money unless I was dead set on working on the West Coast and had no aspirations for academia, clerkships. Even then, it would be a bit hard to do. I have friends attending Duke currently, and I’d have to say that their anecdotes on 2L/3L’s aren’t nearly as promising as what you’ll see at YHS. As some have said (and their 80% yield rate suggests), you don’t turn Yale down, Yale turns you down. Regardless, your son will be successful no matter where he goes. It would be hard to beat a tandem like YHS / H UG.</p>
<p>Yale is easy here. As cartera mentioned, your son already has the Harvard alumni network due to his undergraduate experience. Yale also provides you with a smaller class, greater options in academia/clerkships. The money difference is minor, but even that works in Yale’s favor.</p>