PrelawAdvisor.com's Estimated 2009 “Yes-Points” for Law School Applicants
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 05:12PM
Brad Dobeck

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





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