<p>It’s simple enough. A quick eyeball demonstrates that YLS seems to cut off around 3.8. Let’s assume arguendo that Yale undergrads get no bonus.</p>
<p>[LSN</a> :: Yale University - Admissions Graph](<a href=“http://yale.lawschoolnumbers.com/stats]LSN”>http://yale.lawschoolnumbers.com/stats)</p>
<p>A 3.8 is high, but it’s hardly elite status. You can see that that would place a student exactly where jonri said: top 30% but not nearly top 15%.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Honors cutoffs stay steady](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/25168]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/25168)</p>
<p>So basically you have to be in the top 20% or so of Yale undergrad to stay YLS-eligible in terms of GPA. Whether that sounds like a good or a bad strategy is obviously in the eye of the beholder.</p>