LSAT Raw Score Converter - Convert correct answers into the 120-180 scaled score

An LSAT raw score converter changes the number of questions you answered correctly into the scaled score that appears on your LSAC score report. The raw score is just the count of right answers on the scored sections; the scaled score is the 120-180 number law schools actually review. Because the two are not the same, the LSAT raw score converter helps you translate practice results into the language of admissions.

• • Estimate a practice-test scaled score: Enter correct answers from a PrepTest to see the scaled score you would likely receive.
• • Set a target raw score: Work backward from a goal scaled score to the number of questions you can afford to miss.
• • Compare forms: See how the same raw score can shift slightly between test forms because of equating.

The LSAT does not score each question as a fixed fraction of points. Instead, LSAC counts your correct answers and places that raw total on the 120-180 scale using a table built for that specific test form.

That means two test takers with the same number of correct answers can end up with slightly different scaled scores if they took different forms, since some forms are a touch harder than others.

This tool applies a representative equating curve so you get a dependable estimate, while keeping in mind that your official score report uses the exact table for your administration.

If you are weighing schools that accept either exam, the ACT to SAT score converter shows how the two scaled scores line up.

The converter maps your correct-answer count onto the 120-180 scale along a curved path. It first scales your raw score against a reference 101-question form, then reads the corresponding scaled value, so the result tracks how LSAC's official conversion behaves.

• Correct answers: The number of scored questions you answered correctly, excluding the unscored experimental section.
• Total scored questions: The number of questions that count toward your score on the form you took; modern digital LSAT forms have roughly 76 scored questions.
• Reference raw score: Your correct answers rescaled to a 101-question baseline so a single conversion curve can represent different form lengths.

The LSAT raw score converter follows this path by mapping your correct-answer count onto the 120-180 scale along a curved line rather than a flat percentage.

The curve is not a straight line. It is flat at the low end and steep near 170-180, which is why missing a handful of questions near the top costs more scaled points than the same misses would lower down.

Knowing this shape helps you interpret practice results: a few stray mistakes matter far more at a 170 goal than at a 150 goal.

Always double-check whether your practice form marks a section as experimental, since those questions should not enter the raw count.

According to LSAC, the LSAT is scored on a 120-180 scale and the raw score is converted using an equating table that varies by test form.

The ACT score calculator follows the same idea of turning section results into the reported admissions score.

A few terms explain why your correct-answer count and your scaled score do not line up one-to-one.

Equating is why the same raw score can yield a slightly different scaled score from one test date to the next.

The 120-180 range is fixed, so every scaled score sits on the same ladder regardless of the form you took.

Percentile rank, which LSAC reports alongside the scaled score, tells you where you fall among other test takers and is a separate number from the scaled score itself.

A raw score of zero maps to 120, not zero, because the scale is anchored to a baseline rather than to the number of questions on the test.

When you compare two practice tests, keep the form length constant so the raw-to-scaled relationship does not shift under your feet.

Because LSAT reports pair a scaled score with a percentile, the SAT score percentile calculator explains how that ranking step works.

Three steps take you from a practice test to an estimated scaled score.

1. 1 Count correct scored answers: Tally the questions you answered correctly on the scored sections, excluding any experimental section.
2. 2 Enter the total scored questions: Put in how many scored questions the form contains; use about 76 for a modern digital LSAT.
3. 3 Read the scaled score: The converter returns the 120-180 estimate plus your raw score and correct-answer percentage.
4. 4 Compare against a school median: Take the median scaled score a target school lists and convert it back into the raw target you need to aim for.

If you answered 80 of 101 questions correctly, enter 80 and 101 to see an estimated scaled score near 166, with a 79 percent correct rate.

When you set a goal scaled score, the AP score target calculator applies the same target-setting approach to AP exams.

Translating a raw count into a scaled score makes practice work more useful.

• • Plain feedback: See practice results in the same 120-180 scale admissions offices use.
• • Target planning: Convert a goal scaled score into the number of questions you can afford to miss.
• • Less guesswork: The curved conversion shows why a few missed questions near 170 cost more scaled points than the same misses would lower down.
• • Form comparison: Understand why the same raw score can shift slightly between administrations.

Practice tests report raw counts, but school medians are scaled scores, so a converter closes that gap.

Seeing the curved shape discourages chasing a perfect raw score when a handful of misses still lands a strong scaled result.

It also makes percentile expectations easier to reason about once you know your scaled score.

A converter turns vague goals like 'do well' into a concrete number of questions you need to answer correctly.

Over a study block, watching the estimated scaled score trend upward is a clearer signal of progress than watching raw counts alone.

Like the LSAT, graduate admissions exams curve their results, and the MCAT score calculator shows the same pattern for medical school.

Several factors move the scaled result off a simple percentage of correct answers.

• • This converter uses a representative curve; your official score uses the exact equating table for your administration and may differ by a point or two.
• • It estimates the scaled score only; it does not produce the percentile rank LSAC reports alongside it.

Equating is the reason LSAC can compare scores across years even as question difficulty changes, and why the LSAT raw score converter can only estimate, not replace, your official result.

Because the curve is steep near the top, the gap between a 170 and a 175 can be just a few questions on most forms.

Use the estimate for planning, and rely on your official score report for the number schools receive.

A longer form spreads the same raw score across more questions, so the same miss count can mean a different scaled result than on a shorter form.

If your practice material labels some questions as experimental, set them aside before you count correct answers so the raw score stays honest.

According to LSAC, the official LSAT overview describes the scored sections and how the scaled score and percentile rank are reported to test takers.

For another admissions-test conversion example, the ATI TEAS score calculator turns a nursing entrance exam into its reported score.