<p>Hello people, </p>
<p>I’ll get straight to the point. I am writing you from Turkey and I’m a becoming sophomore in a Turkish college (Bilkent University - bilkent.edu.tr. Probably Turkey’s top schools, top 3 at least.) I am studying Philosophy but the department itself is not quite rigorous but I had two overloads this semester and am planning to continue this 2-3 overloads per semester trend. Currently, I have a 3.85±3.9 GPA but I hope that I will be gradding with a 3.9+. </p>
<p>I already have some stellar LRs and have three articles waiting for publication. One has been accepted to a highly-ranked European law journal (European Journal of Constitutional Law), the other to Dartmouth Law Journal and the third, in a middle-rank Turkish philosophy journal. The first two have been jointly written with my Political Philosophy professor, who has recently hired me as a research assistant for next year and I’m kind of like his proteg</p>
<p>As you know, there’s no need to be above the 75th percentile to get into a school; 75% of their student body isn’t. It is important to be competitive numerically; generally, dipping below the 25ths is pretty problematic. So a lot still depends on your LSAT score.</p>
<p>So, I guess you say that it does not mean much, eh? </p>
<p>I do know that below 75-percentile is not like a guaranteed reject. It’s just that the college game is a game of maximizing chance you know. Therefore, being in the 75-percentile would definitely give you some self-confidence on your chances. I mean, 25-percentile is possible, median is probable, 75-percentile is highly probable and I am trying to maximize the possibilities :D</p>
<p>Well, what I’m mostly saying is that it’s not going to turn an automatic rejection into an acceptance. “Below the 75th percentiles” at Harvard and Yale still leaves a lot of LSAT scores in that range. I can imagine it being a big deal if you’re going to be at their medians, or helpful if you’re above their 25th, but it’s certainly not going to be getting you into Harvard with a 142.</p>