<p>Umm…I’m much older than you are, and since the days when I went to school, Yale Law has never capped the number of entering students from Yale College at 10. I sincerely doubt there’s ever been a year in which at least 20 were not admitted. The ONLY college better represented at YLS than Yale is Harvard, which usually has about 2 more per year at most. Given the fact that there are about 400 more students in each Harvard College class than in a Yale College class, Yale still does better percentage wise. </p>
<p>Nor is it more difficult to get into Columbia Law from Columbia undergrad. </p>
<p>I’m not arguing with some of the arguments you make–I agree that there are many excellent attorneys who went to lower ranked colleges and law schools. I also think that using the difference in LS admissions rates to choose between Columbia and Brown is just plain silly. However, the statement that the easiest way to get into YLS,HLS, or Columbia is to go to an unknown college is inaccurate. It is equally inaccurate to say that if you go to Yale, Harvard or Columbia for undergraduate you’ll get some huge boost in admissions.</p>
<p>PS: For those who participated in the law school admissions cycle for those who started LS in the fall of 2007, 40 Yalies were admitted to YLS (22% of applicants.) 28 actually enrolled. Thse were the most current stats I could find on-line.</p>