How to get a 185 on the LSAT Forum

[lalalany]

Hey guys,

There are tons of guides on TLS about how to get a 179, 180, etc...what I'm wondering is how to get ABOVE a 180. I know the LSAT is usually graded on a 120-180 scale, but I feel like if one just thinks outside the box a little, the sky's the limit. It's like, people told Einstein that he had to work within the framework of Newtonian physics, but then he went ahead and thought outside the box, discovering general relativity.

So this is my goal: 185.

Crazy, I know, but never say never!

The obstacle, as I see it, is thus: for every published LSAT, the scale has been 120-180. Even if you get the maximum raw score (all credited responses), that's still only a 180. Just as it is unlikely for pigs to start flying tomorrow, it is unlikely for LSAC to change this policy.

I'm thinking the best way to get a higher score than 180 might be through the writing sample. I know it doesn't add to your score right now, but what if you wrote a REALLY good essay? I got a perfect score (800) on the writing section of the SAT, so I feel like I could write a KILLER essay. Something really insightful, like the Great American Novel...but in 30 minutes. That would be pretty impressive.

Thoughts?

[t-14orbust]

You should stick to working really fking hard and cleverly.

[lalalany]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXuOgJoKHuc

[Nova]

Wtf

[guano]

Hey guys,

There are tons of guides on TLS about how to get a 179, 180, etc...what I'm wondering is how to get ABOVE a 180. I know the LSAT is usually graded on a 120-180 scale, but I feel like if one just thinks outside the box a little, the sky's the limit. It's like, people told Einstein that he had to work within the framework of Newtonian physics, but then he went ahead and thought outside the box, discovering general relativity.

So this is my goal: 185.

Crazy, I know, but never say never!

The obstacle, as I see it, is thus: for every published LSAT, the scale has been 120-180. Even if you get the maximum raw score (all credited responses), that's still only a 180. Just as it is unlikely for pigs to start flying tomorrow, it is unlikely for LSAC to change this policy.

I'm thinking the best way to get a higher score than 180 might be through the writing sample. I know it doesn't add to your score right now, but what if you wrote a REALLY good essay? I got a perfect score (800) on the writing section of the SAT, so I feel like I could write a KILLER essay. Something really insightful, like the Great American Novel...but in 30 minutes. That would be pretty impressive.

Thoughts?

I see you going -25 on all LR

[t-14orbust]

Hey guys,

There are tons of guides on TLS about how to get a 179, 180, etc...what I'm wondering is how to get ABOVE a 180. I know the LSAT is usually graded on a 120-180 scale, but I feel like if one just thinks outside the box a little, the sky's the limit. It's like, people told Einstein that he had to work within the framework of Newtonian physics, but then he went ahead and thought outside the box, discovering general relativity.

So this is my goal: 185.

Crazy, I know, but never say never!

The obstacle, as I see it, is thus: for every published LSAT, the scale has been 120-180. Even if you get the maximum raw score (all credited responses), that's still only a 180. Just as it is unlikely for pigs to start flying tomorrow, it is unlikely for LSAC to change this policy.

I'm thinking the best way to get a higher score than 180 might be through the writing sample. I know it doesn't add to your score right now, but what if you wrote a REALLY good essay? I got a perfect score (800) on the writing section of the SAT, so I feel like I could write a KILLER essay. Something really insightful, like the Great American Novel...but in 30 minutes. That would be pretty impressive.

Thoughts?

I see you going -25 on all LR

If he tries hard enough I think he can go -30 on each LR section.

[JamMasterJ]

115 troll

[ScottRiqui]

115 troll

And not even very well thought-out. What's a 185 going to do for a school's 25th/median/75th numbers that a 180 wouldn't? Absolutely nothing.

[lalalany]

If he tries hard enough I think he can go -30 on each LR section.

That's the kind of outside-the-box thinking I'm talking about! Just turn that negativity into positivity and we'll all be on our ways to 185s.

[Typhoon24]

Anything is possible if you believe in yourself.

[Clearly]

why exactly do you feel the need to come and post things like this?

[jselson]

Anything is possible if you believe in yourself.

[hephaestus]

115 troll

[beautyistruth]

Anything is possible if you believe in yourself.

+185

[06102016]

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[NYstate]

I'm willing to admit the possibility that Einstein migh have come up with a way to make 185 on a test that only goes to 180.

But you are no Einstein. And neither is anyone else.