Okay just to clarify some things about high school GPA, every school has its own policy. Most are out of 4, others out of 6, some out of 8, some are out of 100. Most schools also have unweighted and weighted GPAs. Unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale is generally calculated by the average of grades where an A is a 4, a B is a 3, and so on, but of course some schools have different policies like giving a 4.33 for an A+.
Many schools also have weighted GPAs in which more rigorous classes are given extra value or "qualities points" depending on the level. For instance, an AP class might be given an extra point and an honors class might be given half a point, so getting an A in an AP class might give you a 5.0 weighted for that class which would likely be how OP has a GPA of over 4.0.
Generally, however, colleges know that there is a lot of variation in the GPA's for different high schools, so class rank, unweighted GPA/transcript, and rigor of workload are generally much more important than weighted GPA.
To answer your question OP, assuming your class rank is decent, your stats will put you about average in the Yale pool, so it will depend a lot more on your essays and extracurricular activities.
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