The LSAT Doesn’t Have An “Easy Mode”

Today, I’ll continue diving deep into HOW the LSAT gets scored. True, we’re getting deeper than just solving questions here, but as The Art of War says: know the enemy. So, in case you weren’t aware, every question in the LSAT has a difficulty rating. These difficulty ratings are between 1 and 5 and assigned when the questions are in the “experimental section” I mentioned in last time. (If you missed it, catch up by checking out this article.)

But HOW does that difficulty rating get assigned? It’s not enough to call the questions most people got right “easy” and the ones most people got wrong “hard.” It’s more complicated than that. Let’s say we had a question the vast majority of test takers got wrong, and the ones that got it right were mostly 165+ scorers. That’s a hard question that would probably get a rating difficulty of 4 or 5. But let’s say for that same question – the one that most people got wrong - mostly LOW scorers (130ish) got it right. Something is obviously wrong with the question and it needs to be reworked. It works in reverse too. If most people get a question right, but the top-scorers don’t, then something about the question isn’t doing its job. Questions of all difficulty levels are included on your typical LSAT to create the “curve.”   This is how the amount of questions you got right or wrong equates to an actual LSAT score. I don’t have time to go into it here, or this would be a novel but if you’re looking for more detail, check out this article where I share for all the details on how the Raw Conversion Chart gets made. Sincerely, Steve “Expert Mode” Schwartz P.S. I have a real treat for those of you data-lovers coming up next time, It think you’ll find it very interesting. Recommended Resources: 1. LSAT Courses The best of my LSAT material with exclusive access to attend my Live Online LSAT Master Classes + Q&As, and on-demand video lessons you can watch anytime. Plus, LSAT study plans to keep you on track. Save hundreds of dollars with an LSAT course package. 2. LSAT Day-By-Day Study Plans Preparing for the LSAT is confusing. There are dozens of prep books and practice tests out there, and 1,000+ articles on my website alone. When, and how, should you use them all? These super-specific study plans give you a clear plan of attack. 3. LSAT Checklists All the little items and details students don't usually think of. They hold you accountable and help you make sure you're not missing anything.

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