Your LSAT score is based on the number of questions you answered correctly. This is called your “raw score.” All test questions are weighted exactly the same. The total number of questions you get right, not which particular questions you get right or wrong, is what matters for your score. There is no deduction for incorrect answers.
To make it easier to compare scores earned across different LSAT administrations, your “raw score” is converted to an LSAT scale. This is the score you receive in your LSAT Score Report. The LSAT scale ranges from 120 to 180, with 120 being the lowest possible score and 180 being the highest possible score.
Receiving Your LSAT Score
After scores are released for your administration, your LSAT score will be available on the LSAT Status page in JD Services and will include:
Your current score
Your percentile rank
Your score band
All test takers will receive their scores on the score release date associated with their test date, provided they have an approved LSAT Writing sample on file and do not have any holds on their account. LSAT Writing is available to test takers eight (8) days prior to the start of the multiple-choice test and can be completed at any time. However, all test takers must have a completed LSAT Writing sample on file in order to see their score or have their score released to law schools.
Your Percentile Rank
The percentile rank reflects the percentage of test takers whose scores were lower than yours during the previous three testing years. A percentile rank is reported for each of your scores. If your percentile rank is 55, that means that 55% of test takers in the previous three testing years received a score lower than yours. If your percentile rank is 95, then you earned a score higher than 95% of test takers in the previous three testing years.
Your Score Band
LSAT scores are reported to law schools along with a score band. A test taker’s LSAT score can vary due to a number of factors (e.g., guessing, being sick, being hungry), so the score band is a reflection of what a test taker would receive if they took the LSAT again.
Official Candidate LSAT Score Reports
Your 12 most recent LSAT scores (including absences and cancellations) are available on the LSAT Status page in JD Services and are provided to law schools when you apply. You can print your scores directly from your LSAT Status page if you would like a paper copy of your results.
Due to the expressed interest of candidates, LSAC also offers Official Candidate LSAT Score Reports. These reports include all LSAT scores you’ve earned, including nonreportable scores. To learn more, or to order your report, visit Official Candidate LSAT Score Reports on LSAC.org.
Score Release Dates
To find out when scores will be released for a recent or upcoming LSAT administration, please visit Upcoming LSAT Dates.