What’s a Good Score on the LSAT Test?
Every law school has a different understanding of what constitutes a “good” LSAT score. So your target score must reflect the expectations of the law school that you want to enter. Let’s start with the possibilities: every tester will score between 120-180 on the LSAT. 75% of all testers score between 140-160; half of the remainder score below that range, and half score above it. If you score higher than 150, you will probably be accepted to a law school somewhere. For example, many state law schools have a student body with average LSAT scores in the low 150s. If you score 160 or higher, you’ll be considered a good candidate almost anywhere and you may become eligible for scholarships. To be a competitive candidate for admission into the very top law schools in the US, you’ll want to aim for a score of 165 or higher. Thus a good LSAT score for you, depending on where you want to study, may be 20 points lower than the LSAT goal of someone who wants to enter Harvard Law – where the aver
