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To score better than 90% of test-takers, you need to get around a 164 or 165.\u003Cbr>In the extreme upper and lower ranges, differences in raw and scaled scores don’t translate to major percentile rank changes: someone who misses one question to get a 180 might be in the 99.9th percentile, while someone who misses 11 questions to get a 173 might be in the 99.0th percentile. But in the middle of the field—for the majority of law school applicants—LSAT percentile ranks can be very sensitive to changes in raw and scaled scores, and test-takers would be wise to keep this in mind as they look for motivation to keep practicing. Say someone misses 40 questions to get a score of 153 and a rank in the 59th percentile. Another person might miss 30 questions, and get a score of 159 and a rank in the 79th percentile. That is a 20-point percentile difference!\u003Cbr>The following table gives a sense of the approximate relationship between raw scores, scaled scores, and percentile ranks. Please note that this is merely an example meant to illustrate how LSAT score correlations generally work—actual score correlations will vary from test to test.\u003Cbr>RAW SCORE SCALED SCORE PERCENTILE RANK\u003Cbr>(how many questions you (your actual LSAT score, (the percent of test-takers during\u003Cbr>answered correctly) reported to law schools) a recent three-year period with a\u003Cbr>lower scaled score) |\n| --- |\n| \u003Cbr>101 180 99.9 |\n| 90 173 99.0 |\n| \u003Cbr>80 166 94.0 |\n| 70 159 79.0 |\n| \u003Cbr>60 153 59.0 |\n| 50 147 36.0 |\n| \u003Cbr>40 141 17.0 |\n| 30 134 5.5 |\n| \u003Cbr>20 125 0.5 |\n| 0–15 120 0.0\u003Cbr>The LSAT is constructed so that the majority of test-takers won’t finish every section and every problem. Keep this in mind both as you consider this table and as you practice for the test. To maximize your scaled score and percentile rank, you are better off ensuring that you correctly answer as many questions as you can, rather than rushing through the test attempting to answer every question and ultimately getting fewer correct answers. If you only get to 3/4 of the questions on the test, answer 4/5 of those correctly, and randomly guess on the rest, you are looking at raw score of about 65, which might translate to a scaled score of about 156 and percentile ranking of about 70. If you manage to correctly answer all of those carefully analyzed questions, your decision to focus energies on that select set will result in a raw score of about 80, which might translate to a scaled score of about 166 and percentile rank of about 94!\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>ix |","cbCaioqaeAmY81Or","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioqaeAmY81Or","pdf",3561165,270,"English","# LSAT score relationships\n## Raw score, scaled score, and percentile rank\n## Percentile sensitivity across score ranges\n## Practice guidance for maximizing scaled scores","[{\"question\":\"How do raw scores, scaled scores, and percentile ranks relate on the LSAT?\",\"answer\":\"Raw scores count correct answers, scaled scores are reported to law schools, and percentile ranks show the percent of test-takers at or below the score over a recent three-year period. The document also notes that correlations vary by test.\"},{\"question\":\"Why can percentile rank change more in the middle of the score range?\",\"answer\":\"In extreme upper and lower ranges, losing some questions may not shift percentiles much, while in the middle ranges small raw or scaled changes can translate into larger percentile differences.\"},{\"question\":\"What practice approach helps maximize scaled score and percentile rank?\",\"answer\":\"The document advises focusing on answering as many questions correctly as possible instead of rushing to attempt everything. It gives an example where answering fewer questions but correctly on a higher fraction can yield a stronger scaled score and percentile.\"}]","LSAT Logic Games - Score Correlations Explained | PDF",680]