‘Serendipity’ plays role in Yale Law School admissions
By last Friday’s deadline, 3,400 students from around the world had submitted applications for fewer than 200 spots in the next class at Yale Law School. Now comes the hard part.
As the Law School evaluates its applicants, it follows a unique, decentralized procedure, involving the entire permanent faculty — over 60 people — and reflecting the Law School’s self-image as a community that nurtures leaders.
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By xman (Unregistered User)
2:18pm on February 25, 2008
If so, why do YLS students still have stellar numbers? If anything, this article highlights the fact that easing the pressure on GPA/LSAT -- even if only slightly -- results in a much more capable and interesting student body.
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By Fazl (Unregistered User)
6:43am on September 3, 2008
It is shocking to note that the number of applications are brought down from 3400 to 1000 on the judgement of just person "Rungappa". How can Yale be so sure of an objective assessment of one person, with all due respect for Rungappa, I see this as an extremely 'subjective'process that could be shockingly biased
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An element of randomness is one thing. But not sorting the stack before dividing it among the readers, when each reader has to apply the same rigid curve to the applications within his/her allocation, raises capriciousness to a virtue.