LSAT Score Calculator - Raw Score to Scaled Score and Percentile
Estimate your LSAT score
Estimate. Each LSAT form has its own conversion table so that forms of different difficulty give comparable scores; the curve here is typical of recent tests and the range of plus or minus 2 covers most forms. Percentiles follow LSAC's recent three-year tables.
Scaled score, typical correct answers and percentile (approximate)
| Scaled score | Correct answers | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| 180 | 75–76 | 99.9 |
| 175 | 72 | 99.5 |
| 170 | 67 | 97 |
| 165 | 62 | 91 |
| 160 | 56 | 78 |
| 155 | 50 | 60 |
| 150 | 44 | 42 |
| 145 | 38 | 25 |
| 140 | 32 | 13 |
| 135 | 27 | 5 |
| 130 | 22 | 2 |
How the LSAT is scored
The LSAT has three scored sections, two Logical Reasoning and one Reading Comprehension, with about 75 to 76 questions in total, plus an unscored experimental section and the separate LSAT Writing sample. Your raw score is simply the number of correct answers; there is no penalty for wrong ones. The raw score is converted to the 120 to 180 scale through a table built for that test form, and the percentile compares your scaled score with everyone who tested in the last three years.
Steps
- 1 Count your correct answers across the three scored sections, for instance from a practice test, and enter the total.
- 2 Read the estimated scaled score, the likely range and the percentile.
- 3 Enter a target score to see how many correct answers it typically takes and how many more you need.
Why the curve is steep at the top
Near the top of the scale each question is worth a point or more: 180 usually requires all or all but one correct, 175 allows about four misses and 170 about nine. In the middle, around 150 to 160, each scaled point corresponds to roughly one question as well, while below 140 several questions share a point. Missing two questions costs far more at 175 than at 145.
Percentiles
A 150 is close to the median. 160 is around the 78th percentile, 165 the 91st, 170 the 97th and 175 above the 99th. Law school medians range from the high 140s to 173 or more at the most selective schools, and admissions compare you with each school's published 25th to 75th percentile band.
The experimental section and the writing sample
One of the four multiple-choice sections is unscored and used to test future questions; you cannot tell which one it is during the test, so every section deserves full effort. LSAT Writing is completed separately online and sent to schools unscored. Neither affects the number entered here.
Limits of this estimate
Conversion tables differ by form: on an easier form the same raw score yields a lower scaled score, and on a harder one a higher score. The estimate here is the typical mapping of recent forms and is usually within two points of the official conversion. Percentiles are updated by LSAC each year.