<p>“unless someone works in admission from HYS- we’ll never know the REAL answer.”</p>
<p>Nope, all we need is the admissions grids from one of those undergrads. I have mine, but they are now too dated to be very informative – they’re based on 1998 data. Back then, if you’re curious, the LSATs of Harvard College alumni admitted to HLS & YLS were very close to the means at those schools, but the their GPAs were noticeably lower (one or two tenths of a point below the law school mean). To me, that was a pretty clear sign that law schools were cutting the H undergrads slack in the GPA department. But again, ten years ago. The scene may have changed.</p>
<p>Now, this is pure hunch: I think another advantage in being an HYPS undergrad is that YHS are never going to worry that they took too many kids from your school. Let’s say the class of 2008 was the best class ever to enroll at Example U, and it’s going to graduate a disproportionately large group of hard-working and ambitious kids this year. Are YHS going to admit 50 kids from Example U? I don’t know about that, even if 500 of them apply. YHS have shown that they’re willing to go very deep into the class at Harvard and Yale. I wonder if you get the same benefit of the doubt as a graduate of Example U.</p>