Is there an equivalent analogy between SAT scores
and possible future LSAT scores or GRE?
<p>If one is to believe the data at
<a href="http://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/scale.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/scale.htm</a>
relative to the LSAT Percentile chart, one may
argue that there is a close correlation between
the SAT verbal score and the LSAT score.</p>
<p>Example: The 50th percentile of the SAT verbal
is around 510 and the 50th percentile of the
LSAT is around 151.</p>
<p>Drop the zero from the SAT score & add
the #1 in front of the SAT score to come
up with the LSAT score</p>
<p>I suspect that the average LSAT test taker is relatively more intelligent than the overall population. Only the better students try for law school - so if you scored 500 on the Verbal, I don't think you should automatically expect a 150 on the LSAT.</p>
<p>Exactly right, the pool of graduate school test takers is highly self-selective. To be in the 50th percentile of the pool of SAT takers is a far cry from being in the 50th percentile of the self-selective pool of LSAT takers. Just like an average player on a high school football team is far different from the average player on an NFL team.</p>
<p>Yes, the LSAT taker is a self selective group.
The average # of SAT test takers is about
1.3 million/year compared to the average #
of LSAT test takers at about 100K/year.
In addition, chances are that they are 4 years
older & have 4 more years of education then
the average SAT test taker. Therefore, statistically
the percentile correlation between the SAT verbal score
& LSAT score in this select group is feasible.</p>
<p>I took the LSAT years ago. At that time, it closely resembled the SAT. The extra four years of college were not a bonus to most of the LSAT test takers. Those four years merely gave them time to forget high school math.</p>