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I've heard a lot of different things about a curve from the test. What exactly is the curve and does it drastically change the score? Anyone have any examples of the curve?
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I've heard a lot of different things about a curve from the test. What exactly is the curve and does it drastically change the score? Anyone have any examples of the curve?
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@swish029919
https://www.powerscore.com/lsat/help/correct_targeted.cfm
Use this and look at the different "missed" questions for each score. Hopefully this can help clear it up.
I'm still confused lol let's say I get a 155 but the curve is -11 or something. What does this mean/do to my score? Examples would be helpful!!!
@acsimon699 said:
@uhinberg359 said:
@71888 said:
the less you can miss for a 170, the less you can miss for any score
Not necessarily true. You can have differences in the amount of misses to get 170 between two tests, but the amount of misses to get to, say, 157 are the same. You can take a look here:
https://www.cambridgelsat.com/resources/data/consolidated-score-conversion-charts/
Yeah, but in all fairness I don't think that @71888 intended to claim that the curve for 170 always covaried with every score. The facts you cite are due to LSAC trying to maintain a certain distribution among scores for any given test population. Sometimes that requires putting the score for 157 at x for one test and and y for another (where x and y aren't identical), while having the score needed for 170 be identical for both tests. But the curve is a useful rule of thumb and is a "benchmark" score for a lot of testakers (even if it's not the score they're aiming for).
Yes, this is exactly what I meant. I just didn't say it very elegantly haha
@uhinberg359 said:
@71888 said:
the less you can miss for a 170, the less you can miss for any score
Not necessarily true. You can have differences in the amount of misses to get 170 between two tests, but the amount of misses to get to, say, 157 are the same. You can take a look here:
https://www.cambridgelsat.com/resources/data/consolidated-score-conversion-charts/
Yeah, but in all fairness I don't think that @71888 intended to claim that the curve for 170 always covaried with every score. The facts you cite are due to LSAC trying to maintain a certain distribution among scores for any given test population. Sometimes that requires putting the score for 157 at x for one test and and y for another (where x and y aren't identical), while having the score needed for 170 be identical for both tests. But the curve is a useful rule of thumb and is a "benchmark" score for a lot of testakers (even if it's not the score they're aiming for).
@nikoswright351 said:
To clarify, a higher curve usually means the exam was more difficult, and a lower curve means it was easier, right? Or do I have it the other way around?
yeah, that is what typically happens
so a curve os -14 is assumed to be a test that is harder than a test with a -10 curve
To clarify, a higher curve usually means the exam was more difficult, and a lower curve means it was easier, right? Or do I have it the other way around?
the curve refers to how many you can get wrong for a 170.
@71888 said:
the less you can miss for a 170, the less you can miss for any score
Not necessarily true. You can have differences in the amount of misses to get 170 between two tests, but the amount of misses to get to, say, 157 are the same. You can take a look here:
https://www.cambridgelsat.com/resources/data/consolidated-score-conversion-charts/
How many questions you can miss to still receive a 170 on the test. For instance a -9 curve means you can only miss 9 questions to receive a 170, obviously the rest of the test is then structured around that.
the less you can miss for a 170, the less you can miss for any score