<p>according to collegeboard.com, </p>
<p>1480 is equivalent to a 99th percentile rank. Assuming everyone progresses at a similar rate, does this mean a 1480 will score in the 99th percentile for the LSAT? Can one safely assume that their percentile rank for the SAT and the LSAT will be very similar?</p>
<p>No, because consider the difference between the average LSAT test-taker and SAT taker. Most people who take the LSAT not only are going to graduate from college, but they will be going to graduate school. Tons of teenagers take the SAT, many of whom don't even go to college. To get accepted to a CC, people still have to sit the SAT.</p>
<p>Therefore, a 99th percentile score is much harder to obtain.</p>
<p>It's a complete different kind of test as well.</p>
<p>It's been described as the SAT on steriods. </p>
<p>I'll third the comments about it being a very different type of test, with more talented people taking it. Roughly half of the people who start college don't finish (so drop the bottom 1/2 of SATers out), and, as stated above, it's only the people who are motivated to go to grad school who take the LSAT... and there is no way that any more than about 25% of people nationally even go to grad school. So, you're basically looking at the top quartile(ISH!!!!) of students who take the LSAT. Everyone studies for it, too.</p>
<p>Just as a benchmark: I got a 1550 on the SATs, first try, no studying. My LSAT was in the 98th percentile, and I studied for about two months for it.</p>
<p>Aries-- what was the the score (out of 180) for your 98th percentile score? Does college board have a matrix showing LSAT score/percentiles like they do for the SAT? Much thanks.</p>
<p>It's a bit old, but here is something. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Jesse</p>