Monday, April 11, 2022

How Hard Is It To Get Into YLS?



Joe Masters holds a BA in mathematics and English from Williams College in Massachusetts. A resident of New Haven, Connecticut, Joe Masters also holds a juris doctor from Yale Law School.

Yale Law School (YLS) in New Haven, Connecticut, is the law school of Yale University. It is ranked as the best US law school alongside Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia University law schools. YSL is also the hardest law school to get into. Each year thousands of students apply for admission into the law school, but less than 10% get admitted. For example, for the laws class of 2022, Yale Law School had 3,284 highly qualified applicants and only 8% (263) got admission letters. In 2021 the acceptance rate was 4%, which makes admission to Yale Law School very competitive. For a high school student to stand a chance of getting into Yale Law School, they need to maintain straight As to achieve the average admission GPA of 3.9.

Notable figures who got admitted to Yale Law School include former president Bill Clinton, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and US Supreme Court associate justices Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, and Brett Kavanaugh.

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