LAW SCHOOL MEDIAN LSAT Scores 2019

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The highest score that one can achieve on the LSAT is 180.

The highest score one needs to earn on the LSAT is a 174 out of 180. Why ? Because the highest median LSAT score for any law school is 173, therefore a score of 174 is above all law schools’ median LSAT score for matriculated students.

Law Schools by LSAT score of entering students from highest to lowest:

  1. Yale Law School–173

  2. Harvard Law School–173

  3. Columbia Law–172

  4. Stanford–171

  5. Chicago–171

  6. NYU–170

  7. UPenn–170

  8. Northwestern–169

  9. Duke–169

  10. Virginia–169

  11. Michigan–169

  12. UCLA–168

  13. WashUStL–168

  14. UCal-Berkeley–168

  15. Cornell–167

  16. Georgetown–167

  17. Vanderbilt–167

  18. Texas–167

  19. USC–166

  20. Boston University–166

  21. Emory–165

  22. GWU–165

  23. Notre Dame–165

  24. Alabama–164

  25. Boston College–164

  26. BYU–164

  27. Fordham–164

  28. Arizona State Univ.–163

  29. UC-Irvine–163

  30. Univ. of Washington–163

  31. Wash & Lee–163

  32. Minnesota–163

  33. Univ. of Georgia–163

  34. George Mason–163

  35. William & Mary–162

  36. Wisconsin–162

  37. UC-Davis–162

  38. Indiana–162

  39. Illinois–162

  40. Colorado–162

  41. Wake Forest Univ.–162

  42. Iowa–161

  43. Yeshiva (Cardozo)–161

  44. Ohio State–161

  45. SMU–161

  46. Univ. of Richmond–161

  47. Univ. of North Carolina–161

  48. Temple–161

  49. There are 8 law schools with a median LSAT score of 160.

  50. There are 6 law schools with a median LSAT score of 159.

  51. There are 13 law schools with a median LSAT score of 158.

  52. There are 10 law schools with a median LSAT score of 157.

  53. 4 at 156.

  54. 10 at 155.

  55. 12 at 154.

  56. 18 at 153.

  57. 10 at 152 (152 is the median LSAT score for all LSAT test takers).

This covers 139 of the 200 ABA approved law schools in the US, 3 of which are in Puerto Rico.

MEDIAN GPAs:

  1. Stanford–3.93

  2. Yale–3.92

  3. Harvard–3.90

  4. Chicago, Penn, & Virginia–3.89

  5. Alabama–3.88

  6. Northwestern–3.84

  7. Cornell–3.82

  8. WashUStL–3.81

  9. UCal-Berkeley, Georgetown, BYU & Vanderbilt–3.80

  10. NYU & Emory–3.79

  11. USC–3.78

  12. Michigan–3.77

  13. Wm. & Mary, George Mason, ASU & Minnesota–3.76

  14. Columbia & Ohio State–3.75

  15. Boston Univ. & Texas–3.74

  16. Indiana–3.72

  17. Colorado, Notre Dame, & GWU–3.71

  18. Univ. of Washington–3.69

  19. SMU–3.68 & LSAT 161

  20. Univ. of Georgia–3.67

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Interesting. At least for the top 15 or so schools on the list by LSAT score, that is almost exactly the order in which I think of the average ability of the students attending.

Columbia gets a slight benefit in the listing because it will "buy " scores with merit. Stanford gets dinged a tiny bit because of its low yield. The best of its admits at least in my experience invariably choose Yale if they have the option.

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It would be interesting to know lowest LSAT at top 10 law schools, if you know of such a list, please post.

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It would be even more interesting to know the story behind the students who were admitted to any of the top 3 law schools with the lowest LSAT score.

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Could you post the link to this survey?

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@TomSrOfBoston: If I recall correctly, I did not post the link because it is a commercial website for LSAT prep courses. It is my understanding that commercial websites are not allowed to be posted.

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http://schools.lawschoolnumbers.com/ lists median LSAT and median recalculated college GPA for law schools’ students.

Note that the recalculated college GPA for law school application purpose allows A+ to count as 4.33, so it is theoretically possible to apply to law school with a recalculated college GPA > 4.0 if your college has A+ grades and you earn enough of them.

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Any thoughts on how law schools will view the virtual LSATs being administered during COVID? Will there be an asterisk of sorts on a candidate with a ‘virtual’ score?

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@sylvan8798: My best guess is that law schools will accept without condition or comment any LSAT score supplied to them through the normal application channels.