PrelawAdvisor.com's Estimated 2009 “Yes-Points” for Law School Applicants

This table represents a current estimate of the GPA and LSAT score at which a law school is likely to accept an applicant from Georgetown University (the "Yes-Point"). For other schools, adjust upward or downward based on the competitiveness of your undergraduate institution. Use these estimates only as a starting point; results will vary significantly based on the applicant's achievements, ethnic background (in some cases), family resources, supporting recommendations and application strategy.

The data examined for this table include the Top 50 law schools' fall 2007 admission decisions. Schools are grouped by Difficulty Category (1 through 14). Within each Difficulty Category, schools are ranked according to estimated admission difficulty.

Rank	Law School	GPA	LSAT
1	Yale	3.9	174
2	Harvard	3.85	173
2	Stanford	3.85	170
3	NYU	3.7	173
3	Columbia	3.7	172
4	Chicago	3.6	171
5	University of Pennsylvania	3.7	169
5	University of Virginia (nonresidents)	3.7	169
5	Duke	3.7	168
5	University of California-Berkeley	3.8	167
5	Georgetown (Day Program)	3.63	169
5	Northwestern	3.6	169
6	University of Michigan	3.64	168
6	Cornell	3.66	167
6	Vanderbilt	3.7	166
6	UCLA	3.7	166
7	GWU	3.63	166
7	USC	3.6	166
7	University of Texas	3.6	166
7	Notre Dame	3.58	166
8	Boston University	3.66	165
8	Fordham	3.58	165
8	University of Minnesota	3.5	165
8	Washington University-St. Louis	3.5	165
9	Boston College	3.6	164
9	BYU	3.6	164
9	University of Maryland	3.65	163
9	Washington & Lee	3.53	164
9	University of Illinois	3.5	164
9	Emory	3.45	164
10	University of Washington	3.65	162
10	University of Georgia	3.64	162
10	William & Mary	3.6	162
10	University of Colorado	3.58	162
10	George Mason University	3.5	163
11	University of Alabama	3.58	162
11	University of California-Davis	3.57	162
11	University of California-Hastings	3.55	162
12	University of Iowa	3.64	161
12	University of North Carolina	3.63	161
12	Ohio State University	3.58	161
12	University of Connecticut	3.44	162
12	Wake Forest	3.4	162
13	Southern Methodist University	3.56	161
13	Tulane University	3.56	161
13	University of Arizona	3.48	161
13	American University (Day Program)	3.37	162
13	University of Wisconsin	3.53	160
13	Indiana University-Bloomington	3.35	161
14	University of Florida	3.64	159