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Does LSAT have a percentile system? How does it differ from the normal scoring system?


Preeti Kushwah 16th May, 2018
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Aahana Gameti 17th May, 2018

Hello! 

There are three ways in which your LSAT score is presented:1.Raw LSAT score.  2.LSAT scaled score. 3. LSAT percentile

LSAT percentile method: 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. 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 70.9%ile. So while you got 65% of the questions right you are in the 70.9th percentile meaning your LSAT Scaled Score was better than 70.9% 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. 

I hope this would help. Thankyou! 

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4th Jun, 2018
I just saw my LSAT score and my percentile rank is 79.03 , is there any chance of me getting into any good colleges?BA.LLB.
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