<p>^This implies that Harvard is more prestigious than Yale, which I don’t think is a commonly held belief (even though Harvard’s yield is a little higher - I think I remember seeing 73-ish%, not 85%). I doubt that Yale often worries about over-qualified applicants (do you really think people are over-qualified for Yale???), although you are right that CC represents a unique (and generally better qualified) portion of the applicant pool with a significantly higher admittance rate. The issue is that it is hard to tell on this website how good an applicant is because we have significantly less information than the Yale admissions office. In response to the OP, there is no general threshold: a 3.7 unweighted, although not ideal, definitely does not decimate your chances.</p>