Prospective Law School Students

<p>How difficult is it to get into the HLS and YLS? need super well done undergrad GPA and awesome EC, internships?</p>

<p>YLS - ~6% acceptance rate...you need super badass LSAT score (usually 174+), a great GPA, for the most part you need to come from a pretty reputable undergrad school, and you need some kind of really sweet hook or ECs. Yale is cream of the crop.</p>

<p>HLS is more numbers focused and b/c they have more spots (bigger school), they accept more en masse. HLS seems to be a sucker for a great LSAT/GPA combo whereas YLS seems to be extremely holistic and random - you have to have the goods for HLS and then something really special.</p>

<p>thanks for Brand! I dunno if i will go into law after undergrad... great information. How much do lawyers usually earn (:P)</p>

<p>depends on what you do. private practice coming out of a top law school you'll probably start around 100k+ with a nice bonus and depending on how good you are, advance. grads in large cities (NYC, Boston) are more likely to make more simply due to cost of living.</p>

<p>If you are interested in law, make sure you really want it. If you don't enjoy it, you'll either have a hellish three years or flunk out b/c you really have to dedicate yourself. Business is an easier way to make more money initially probably and you don't have to push yourself as hard either.</p>