LSAT Score Conversion Chart and How to convert your LSAT Score

Your Raw LSAT Score is simply the number of questions that you got right. Each LSAT will typically have 100 to 103 questions, and your Raw LSAT Score is a number between 0 and that maximum of 100 to 103. In computing your Raw LSAT Score there is no deduction for incorrect answers and all questions are weighted equally. This means that the hard questions are worth just as much as the easy questions. LSAT Tip: If you are running out of time skip some of the harder questions and use the time you save to get more of the easy questions right and improve your score.

Raw LSAT Scores are converted into the LSAT Scaled Score, which ranges from 120 to 180. So if you scored 0 on the Raw LSAT Score (0 questions right) you would likely have an LSAT Scaled Score of 120 and if your Raw LSAT Score was 101 you would likely have an LSAT Scaled Score of 180. The conversion process is done by using a statistical procedure called equating. Equating adjusts for the differences in difficulty between different LSAT tests. For example, the October 1997 LSAT was harder than the June 2007 LSAT and so if you wrote both tests and your Raw LSAT Score on both was 55 your LSAT Scaled Score for the June 2007 LSAT would be 149 and for the October 1997 LSAT it would be 150. Generally the same Raw LSAT Score will produce the same or very similar LSAT Scaled Scores.

A percentile rank is also reported for each LSAT score, reflecting the percentage of candidates scoring below your reported test score. While the LSAT Scaled Score is based on the specific LSAT test that you wrote, the LSAT Percentile for a score is based on the distribution of scores for the three-year period prior to the year in which the score is reported. Your percentile rank tells you the percentage of scaled scores in the last three years that your score beats. For example if your LSAT Scaled Score is 157 you will have a percentile rank of approximately 75% meaning that your Scaled Score of 157 is better than 75% of the LSAT Scaled Scores for the last three years.

LSAT Score / Percentile Conversion Chart

For example, using the table below if you scored 65 questions right out of 101 questions on the LSAT your LSAT Raw Score is 65, your LSAT Scaled Score is 157, and your Percentile Rank is 75%ile. So while you got 65% of the questions right you are in the 75th percentile meaning your LSAT Scaled Score was better than 75% of the people who wrote the LSAT in the last three years. Note that the table below is a guide and minor variances will occur with each writing of the LSAT.

Raw Score	Scaled Score	Percentile Rank

98-101	180	99.9%
97	179	99.9%
96	178	99.9%
94-95	177	98.0%
93	176	99.8%
92	175	99.7%
91	174	99.6%
90	173	99.4%
88-89	172	99.1%
87	171	98.8%
86	170	98%
84-85	169	98%
83	168	97%
81-82	167	96%
80	166	95%
78-79	165	94%
77	164	92%
75-76	163	91%
73-74	162	89%
72	161	87%
70-71	160	84%
68-69	159	81%
67	158	78%
65-66	157	75%
63-64	156	70%
61-62	155	67%
60	154	63%
58-59	153	59%
56-57	152	55%
55	151	51%
53-54	150	46%
51-52	149	42%
50	148	38%
48-49	147	34%
46-47	146	29%
45	145	27%
43-44	144	24%
42	143	20%
40-41	142	17%
38-39	141	15%
37	140	13%
35-36	139	11%
34	138	10%
33	137	8%
31-32	136	7%
30	135	50%
29	134	5%
28	133	4%
27	132	3%
26	131	3%
25	130	2%
24	129	2%
23	128	1%
22	127	1%
21	126	0.9%
20	125	0.8%
19	124	0.6%
18	123	0.5%
17	122	0.4%
16	121	0.4%
0-15	120	0.0%