What is the LSAT out of?
The LSAT is scored out of 180. Scores run from 120, the lowest, to 180, a perfect score, and there is no pass or fail. LSAC converts your raw score, the number of questions you answered correctly, to that scale. Nothing is deducted for wrong answers, so every question is worth the same.
In more detail
The scale has 61 possible scores. A 120 does not mean zero right answers. It is simply where the scale starts, and the lowest raw scores all land on it. A 180 takes all or nearly all of the scored questions right, depending on the test form. The midpoint of the scale is 150, but real scores cluster a few points above it. For what counts as a good score and the percentiles, see what a good LSAT score is.
Your raw score counts the correct answers across the three scored sections, about 75 to 80 questions in total (see how many questions are on the LSAT). LSAC converts it with a table made for each test form, so the same raw score can give a slightly different scaled score on an easier or harder test. That is why third-party charts disagree. On recent forms, roughly 70 percent of the scored questions right lands near 160, but treat any single chart as an estimate.
Your LSAT score report shows more than the number. It lists your current score, your results from every reportable LSAT (up to 12), a percentile rank and a score band. Scores go only to you and the law schools you apply to. Percentiles are updated every summer, so the same score can sit at a slightly different percentile from one year to the next.
The LSAT scale at a glance
| Feature | LSAT |
|---|---|
| Lowest score | 120 |
| Highest score | 180 |
| Possible scores | 61 |
| Midpoint of the scale | 150 |
| Penalty for wrong answers | None |
| Scored questions | About 75 to 80, in three sections |
| Raw-to-scaled conversion | A separate table for each test form |
Step by step
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Take a full, timed official practice test and note your raw score, the number of correct answers across the scored sections.
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Convert it with the conversion table for that same test form. Third-party calculators only estimate.
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Do not compare raw scores across different tests, because each form has its own table.
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Track both numbers over several tests and use the trend rather than one result.
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Then compare your scaled score with the median LSAT of your target schools, as described under what a good LSAT score is.
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More questions
Is 120 the lowest LSAT score?
Yes. 120 is the lowest reported score. The scale starts there, so you can get it without answering everything wrong.
What does an LSAT score report include?
Your current score, your results from every reportable LSAT (up to 12), a percentile rank and a score band, according to LSAC. It goes only to you and the law schools you apply to.