Learn About LSAT Scores, How They’re Calculated, And More!

How is the LSAT scored?

The LSAT is scored at a scale of 120 to 180, with a mean score of about 150. However, if you’re trying to go into one of the top law schools, your ranking should be above 160. The test has about 101 questions, and each correct answer represents one point of your raw score. This raw score (0–101) is translated into a scaled score ranging from 120 to 180 using a specially formulated equation. For instance, a raw score of 99 out of 101 will convert to 180.

LSAT Score Chart

 

Scaled Score	Raw Score
	Lowest	Highest
120	99	100
121	*	*
122	98	98
123	97	97
124	*	*
125	96	96
126	95	95
127	*	*
128	94	94
129	93	93
130	92	92
131	91	91
132	90	90
133	89	89
134	87	88
135	86	86
136	85	85
137	83	84
138	81	82
139	80	80
140	78	79
141	76	77
142	75	75
143	73	74
144	71	72
145	69	70
146	67	68
147	65	66
148	63	64
149	61	62
150	59	60
151	57	58
152	55	56
153	54	54
154	52	53
155	50	51
156	48	49
157	46	47
158	44	45
159	42	43
160	40	41
161	39	39
162	37	38
163	35	36
164	33	34
165	32	32
166	30	31
167	29	29
168	27	28
169	26	26
170	25	25
171	24	24
172	22	23
173	21	21
174	20	20
175	19	19
176	18	18
177	17	17
178	*	*
179	16	16
180	0	15

Law School LSAT Scores and GPA

Some law schools may weigh 70% of your LSAT score when evaluating admissions, compared to just 30% for your GPA.

Each school has a different system for test scores for GPA and LSAT. A university may, for instance, use (LSAT score-120)+ (GPA 20) as an index to evaluate you. Hence, if you have a 150 LSAT score and a 3.5 GPA score, the admissions scale would be the following:

• (150 – 120) + (3.5 × 20) = 100

Your LSAT score being more relevant than your 4-year GPA, probably sounds ridiculous. Why would a standardized multi-choice test be necessary as admissions to the law school? To clarify this, consider the flaws of other admissions factors:

• • Based on the difficulties in comparing grades from different programs and schools, undergraduate GPA can be unreliable. There are enormous difficulties, even in individual classes within majors. Courses may not reflect the ability required for law schools. Nonetheless, law school recruitment officers don’t have that option and have to compare applicants from hundreds and hundreds or tens of thousands of students in different classes.

 

• It is difficult to distinguish between hundreds of candidates, all of whom claim their students are “excellent.” School administrators are often encouraged to do whatever it takes to help their students to enter top-ranking schools.

 

• Application essays are not necessarily academic or even personal. Most admissions consulting programs help students compose their essays. Furthermore, admission departments lack sufficient employees to read the essays. You may never read your application essay if your LSAT score and your GPA are far below average.

Given these factors, it is no wonder that admission officers at law schools tend to depend more on LSAT scores. High LSAT results are very unusual, but not high GPA, as it will have more value. The excellent news is LSAT is a great test, and if you master the LSAT, you can raise your score by 20 to 30 points.

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Law School LSAT Scores

Below is a table of LSAT scores for top 20 law schools:

Law Schools	Rank	Average LSAT scores by school	Average GPA	Admission Index
Yale Law School New Haven, CT	1	173	3.93	212
Stanford Law School Palo Alto, CA	2	171	3.89	210
Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA	2	179	3.86	212
Columbia Law New York, NY	4	171	3.7	208
U.Chicago Law Chicago, IL	4	170	3.9	209
NYU Law School New York, NY	6	169	3.78	207
Penn Law Philadelphia, PA	7	169	3.89	207
UVA Law School Charlottesville, VA	8	168	3.86	206
Michigan Law Ann Arbor, MI	8	168	3.76	206
UC Berkeley Law Berkeley, CA	8	166	3.78	205
Duke Law Durham, NC	11	169	3.76	206
Northwestern Law Chicago, IL	12	168	3.77	207
Cornell Law Ithaca, NY	13	167	3.74	203
Georgetown Law Washington, DC	14	167	3.76	204
U.Texas Law Austin, TX	15	165	3.72	202
Vanderbilt Law Nashville, TN	16	166	3.74	203
UCLA Law Los Angeles, CA	17	166	3.74	203
‎Washington U. Law St. Louis, MO	18	167	3.67	205
USC Law School Los Angeles, CA	19	166	3.76	204
U. Iowa Law Iowa City, IA	20	161	3.61	199
Boston University Law Boston, MA	20	164	3.68	201

 

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best Law schools?

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How long are LSAT scores valid?

After the exam, the LSAC will keep a record of your LSAT scores for 5 years. If you take the test multiple times, LSAC will keep track of each score and give you an average rating and a list of each score you obtained.

How long does it take to get LSAT scores?

If you have an LSAC account, you will obtain your markup about 3 weeks after the exam. You can also receive your score via phone with TelScore at the cost of $100, approximately three weeks after the exam.

When do LSAT scores come out?

The Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) transmits scores through e-mail about 4 weeks and about 5 weeks via mail after the test.

What is the best way to get a near-perfect score on the LSAT?

The secret to getting a near-perfect result is patience, optimism, and enthusiasm with adequate preparation and review.

Is 160 a good LSAT score for a 13-year-old with no prep?

For a typical LSAT student, 160 is a great score. For most of these ages, the average starting score was slightly less than 150.

What schools accept low LSAT scores?

Below are law schools that accept low LSAT scores.

1. Southern University
2. North Carolina Central University
3. Thomas M. Cooley Law School
4. Ave Maria School of Law
5. Nova Southeastern University (Broad)
6. University of Detroit Mercy

What is the highest score on LSAT ever?

The scaled score ranges between 120 and 180, so basically, the highest score on the LSAT is 180. Roughly about one in three thousand get this rating, so if you have 180, you have 99.97 percentiles.