<p>Mr. Wong. you can get into YHS from any college in the country. However, last time I checked, out of about 600 JD candidates at Yale, about 150 went to Yale or Harvard College. If you want to believe that 25% of the top candidates in the nation went to those two colleges, be my guest. Personally, I don’t.</p>
<p>Most of the folks who went to little known colleges have one of a few things going for them: (1) they are URMs, (2) they are from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, no matter what the color of their skins; (3) they have already won some major fellowship or other award, e.g., they are Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, Rhodes, Fullbright, etc. scholars; (3) they have substantial work experience during which they have been unusually successful in some field and/or have demonstrated a life-long commitment to public service or some cause.</p>