Curve: −9 for a 170 · First given June 2020
Section 1 · RCReading Comprehension
Passage 1 · Humanities
The late 1950s and early 1960s were a time of profound…
Passage 2 · Humanities, Science
Grammarians of the prescriptive school take it as part of…
Passage 3 · Comparative, Law
Passage A is from a newspaper article. Passage B is from…
Passage 4 · Science
Some environmentalists claim that the higher the…
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20Which one of the following most…
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21Based on information in the passage, it…
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22Which one of the following most…
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23The exports promotion hypothesis, as…
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24Which one of the following is identified…
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25What is the main purpose of the author's…
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26As the phrase "nation's quality of life"…
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27The passage suggests that the author…
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Section 2 · LRLogical Reasoning
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1One should not do anything that has the…
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2The sculptor Barajas died before she…
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3Although there are immediate short-term…
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4Economist: Our country needs as much…
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5Columnist: Many people with access to…
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6Democratic societies in which there is…
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7The mu mesons generated by cosmic rays…
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8Buyer: As a buyer for a large chain of…
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9Psychologists report that children in…
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10The Industrial Revolution decreased the…
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11Wounds become infected because the break…
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12Art student: Great works of art evoke…
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13In northern Europe, archaeologists have…
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14Politician: Our public libraries are…
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15The introduction of mass production…
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16Child psychologist: Psychologists have…
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17The average tax refund received by…
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18In an experiment, each of 200 randomly…
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19Committee chairperson: No new course…
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20The olecranon process is a bony part of…
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21Essayist: Commitment to relationships or…
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22Because of the ubiquity of television in…
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23Filmmaker: I use hidden cameras when…
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24The more profitable a corporation is,…
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25Columnist: Consent forms filled out by…
Section 3 · LRLogical Reasoning
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1Over the long run, apple orchards that…
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2Banking industry visionaries foresee a…
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3Bernard: We should not invite Carl to…
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4Principle: It is unethical for someone…
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5Taylorism, the early-twentieth-century…
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6Winchester Township cannot afford to…
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7News report: Some recently invented…
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8Anthropologist: For early humans who…
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9Most lawyers hold that violations of the…
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10Journalist: Contrary to popular opinion,…
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11Biologist: The evolutionary advantage of…
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12Columnist: Vagrancy laws are supposed to…
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13Political theorist: The purpose of…
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14Food critic: One of the chief…
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15Ants sometimes live in hollow places in…
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16Future overall demand for professors can…
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17Anarchist: People can either fight for…
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18Consumer demand for personal computers…
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19If a film is accepted by the festival…
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20Psychologist: In an experiment, business…
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21Orator: Moral excellence can be achieved…
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22Philosopher: Philosophers usually treat…
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23Superstring theory is a controversial…
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24A smaller number of short documentary…
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25To test the claim that vitamin C is…
Section 4 · RCReading Comprehension
UnscoredPassage 1 · Art
In 1959, Hitsville, USA—the company better known as Motown…
Passage 2 · Comparative, Science
Passage A Markets, such as stock exchanges, distill the…
Passage 3 · Science
Political arguments about biodiversity and the preservation…
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15Which one of the following most…
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16According to the passage, which one of…
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17It can be inferred from the passage that…
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18Which one of the following most…
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19If valid, Charles G. Sibley's findings,…
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20The passage provides information…
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21It can be inferred from the passage that…
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22Which one of the following, if true,…
Passage 4 · Law
This passage was adapted from an article published in 1991.…
How hard is PT 157?
Its questions are harder than most, and the curve makes up for it. LSAC sets each test's curve so a score means the same thing on every test: the harder the questions, the more you can miss for the same score. PT 157's curve is more forgiving than 82% of the new-format PrepTests, so expect a lower raw score than usual, not a lower LSAT score.
| To get a | You can miss on PT 157 | On a typical PT |
|---|---|---|
| 180 | 1 | 1 |
| 175 | 5 | 4 |
| 170 | 9 | 8 |
| 165 | 14 | 13 |
| 160 | 21 | 20 |
| 155 | 28 | 27 |
| 150 | 35 | 34 |
The hardest questions
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27%got it right
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38%got it right
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Section 1, Question 17Which one of the following is a…39%got it right
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Section 2, Question 21Essayist: Commitment to relationships or…39%got it right
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Section 3, Question 25To test the claim that vitamin C is…42%got it right
PT 157 score conversion
Out of 77 scored questions, you can miss 9 and still get a 170, 21 for a 160, and 35 for a 150.
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 77 | 180 |
| −1 | 76 | 180 |
| −2 | 75 | 179 |
| −3 | 74 | 178 |
| −4 | 73 | 176 |
| −5 | 72 | 175 |
| −6 | 71 | 173 |
| −7 | 70 | 172 |
| −8 | 69 | 171 |
| −9 | 68 | 170 |
| −10 | 67 | 169 |
| −11 | 66 | 168 |
| −12 | 65 | 167 |
| −13 | 64 | 166 |
| −14 | 63 | 165 |
| −15 | 62 | 164 |
| −16 | 61 | 164 |
| −17 | 60 | 163 |
| −18 | 59 | 162 |
| −19 | 58 | 161 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −20 | 57 | 161 |
| −21 | 56 | 160 |
| −22 | 55 | 159 |
| −23 | 54 | 158 |
| −24 | 53 | 158 |
| −25 | 52 | 157 |
| −26 | 51 | 156 |
| −27 | 50 | 156 |
| −28 | 49 | 155 |
| −29 | 48 | 154 |
| −30 | 47 | 154 |
| −31 | 46 | 153 |
| −32 | 45 | 152 |
| −33 | 44 | 152 |
| −34 | 43 | 151 |
| −35 | 42 | 150 |
| −36 | 41 | 149 |
| −37 | 40 | 149 |
| −38 | 39 | 148 |
| −39 | 38 | 147 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −40 | 37 | 147 |
| −41 | 36 | 146 |
| −42 | 35 | 145 |
| −43 | 34 | 144 |
| −44 | 33 | 143 |
| −45 | 32 | 143 |
| −46 | 31 | 142 |
| −47 | 30 | 141 |
| −48 | 29 | 140 |
| −49 | 28 | 139 |
| −50 | 27 | 138 |
| −51 | 26 | 137 |
| −52 | 25 | 136 |
| −53 | 24 | 135 |
| −54 | 23 | 134 |
| −55 | 22 | 133 |
| −56 | 21 | 131 |
| −57 | 20 | 130 |
| −58 | 19 | 128 |
| −59 | 18 | 126 |
| Missed | Raw | Score |
|---|---|---|
| −60 | 17 | 124 |
| −61 | 16 | 122 |
| −62 | 15 | 121 |
| −63 | 14 | 120 |
| −64 | 13 | 120 |
| −65 | 12 | 120 |
| −66 | 11 | 120 |
| −67 | 10 | 120 |
| −68 | 9 | 120 |
| −69 | 8 | 120 |
| −70 | 7 | 120 |
| −71 | 6 | 120 |
| −72 | 5 | 120 |
| −73 | 4 | 120 |
| −74 | 3 | 120 |
| −75 | 2 | 120 |
| −76 | 1 | 120 |
| −77 | 0 | 120 |
About PrepTest 157
Which section of PT 157 is experimental?
Section 4 (Reading Comprehension) is the experimental section on PrepTest 157. It's unscored: it's there so the test has four sections, like the real LSAT, but it doesn't count toward your score. The other three sections make up the 77 scored questions.
When is PT 157 from?
Most of PrepTest 157 was first given in June 2020. LSAC rebuilt it from two older tests, with no logic games: Sections 1–3 from PrepTest 93 (June 2020) and Section 4 from PrepTest 91 (May 2020).