Number of misses

[sarahmil]

Hello, I am trying to clear ups some confusion as I have heard conflicting information from several different sources.

I was told that to get a 160, I would need to get around 15 correct in each of the 4 sections. Does this sound correct?

Thanks.

And if not, how many correct would i need per section to hit a 160?

[Adam Tyson]

The answer is going to vary from test to test, sarahmil, based on both the number of total questions on the test (could be anywhere from 98 to 102, but they usually come out in the middle at 100 or 101 questions) and on the scoring scale ("easy" tests have tighter scoring scales, meaning you need more right answers to get a given score than you would if the test was more difficult). But the variance isn't all that large, and I'd say it's pretty typical for a score of 160 to equate to about 25 total wrong answers. Averaging across four sections, then, you're looking at missing only about 6 per section. In Logic Games, that means getting around 17 right answers, about 19 or 20 correct in each LR section, and about 21 in Reading Comp. Do a little better in one section and a little worse in another and you're still on target for that score.

15 right answers per scored section, for a total of 60 correct answers, will, on most tests, put your score at roughly 152.

This chart shows how scales have varied over the years: https://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/co ... rgeted.cfm

[sarahmil]

OK! thank your for your response, that is helpful.