How Law School Applicants Can Discuss Extracurriculars

SatchelSF
Mon, 27 Aug 2018 23:47:48 +0000

For some reason, she had also applied to Stanford & was admitted there but denied at Yale and waitlisted at Harvard. She could never accept going to Stanford.

This is common among cross admits. Yale’s yield is ~80%, Harvard’s ~60% and Stanford’s ~40%. The overwhelming majority of Yale admits who apply to Harvard are accepted there, but the converse is not true. Ditto for Stanford versus the other two.

Can’t really blame people. For the last 30+ years YLS entering classes have begun with the “get off the treadmill” speech, and no grades first semester (and basically all semesters, honestly) is a distinguishing characteristic. Also, as so many want to go into academia or government service, being able to get a tippy top private job without even showing a transcript is a powerful lure.