Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:21 pm
Off by 1 point for me.
This is like some kind of academic urban legend from grade school. =P
This is like some kind of academic urban legend from grade school. =P
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Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:53 pm
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Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:39 pm
Is the based on 1000 SAT being 50% percentile? When I took it, it was before they rebalanced it. My 640 verbal was 96% and my 570 math was 85%. Seriously.
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:40 pm
edgarderby wrote:wow.
hit it dead on for me.
Me too...I never studied for either of the tests to I guess that shows haha
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:51 pm
Predicted a 173.38 for me. I'll find out in a couple days how accurate that was...
Anyone else find the LSAT much harder? I didn't study at all for the SAT and did really well but have studied my ass off for the LSAT just to bump my diagnostic up from a 163 to hopefully a 170+.
Anyone else find the LSAT much harder? I didn't study at all for the SAT and did really well but have studied my ass off for the LSAT just to bump my diagnostic up from a 163 to hopefully a 170+.
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:54 pm
TheRedDeath wrote:Gave me a 167, actually got a 169. Not bad.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:59 pm
for me, its 3 points below my actual LSAT. However, if you ignore my math score and calculate it using my verbal score x2, its dead on. haha good thing lawyers don't need math.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:09 pm
I must be an outlier. It predicted 5 points lower than my actual LSAT, and nearly 20 points lower if you use my converted ACT score...
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:12 pm
I'm just barely within MoE, a 174 by this calculation but actually a 178. Calculating with just my verbal score would make things even worse; my verbal score (740) alone predicts a 171.5. My math score (790) still only predicts a 176. Of course, it can't predict any higher than a 177, so I suppose that's pretty good.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:14 pm
It predicted that I would get 19 points lower on the LSAT than I actually did...
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:47 pm
Similar here. Predicted ~175 based on 1550 SAT. Actually got a 177.BenJ wrote:I'm just barely within MoE, a 174 by this calculation but actually a 178. Calculating with just my verbal score would make things even worse; my verbal score (740) alone predicts a 171.5. My math score (790) still only predicts a 176. Of course, it can't predict any higher than a 177, so I suppose that's pretty good.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:06 pm
Should have gotten a 172. Shoot. I underachieved massively on my LSAT.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:13 pm
My converted ACT was way above my SAT, and if I use that, hit my LSAT dead on. SAT converted gives me 7 below though.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:16 pm
7 points below my actual LSAT score.
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:17 pm
I got a 750 on the verbal section, so by the formula above, I should be getting a 175...not quite there yet though!awesomerossum wrote:Sorry, I use a different formula for calculating SAT-LSAT correlation. My old tutor said that one's starting point should be the verbal score with the last zero removed and a one added to the front.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:59 pm
For me it was off by two points. Pretty close though.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:02 pm
If you took the SAT before 1995, then you need to convert it to the new calculation. For example, my 1420 in 1994 would be a 1490 now.SeanB wrote:Is the based on 1000 SAT being 50% percentile? When I took it, it was before they rebalanced it. My 640 verbal was 96% and my 570 math was 85%. Seriously.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:13 pm
My LSAT score was 13 points higher than this prediction.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:05 pm
Thank you for bumping an old thread.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:05 pm
Flipping it around, should have got a 1450 SAT. Only got a 1350 though. I was such a slacker in highschool, didnt even study for SAT.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:21 am
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:25 am
Wow, you totally deserve one of these...clevinger33 wrote:Study for the SAT? I didn't study for the SAT and got a 1600. That test was easy.quetzalcoatl wrote:Flipping it around, should have got a 1450 SAT. Only got a 1350 though. I was such a slacker in highschool, didnt even study for SAT.
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Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:46 am
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:57 am
Wow according to this, I should have gotten a 152. I got a 168. My SAT was pretty pathetic, but in my defense, my grandpa died the night before the test. I also didn't study or retake.
Re: SAT/LSAT Conversion Forumla
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:00 pm
According to SAT: 175
Actual LSAT: 177
Close enough,
A difference is that I didn't study for the SAT at all and I was hardcore about studying for the LSAT (self-studied, no prep).
My GPA started with a 2 when I took the LSAT...
Actual LSAT: 177
Close enough,
A difference is that I didn't study for the SAT at all and I was hardcore about studying for the LSAT (self-studied, no prep).
My GPA started with a 2 when I took the LSAT...