Law School Admissions Calculator: Check Your LSAT and GPA Against School Medians

Check Your LSAT and GPA Against Law School Medians

Enter your LSAT score and undergraduate GPA to see how they compare to each target school's published percentile bands. The calculator checks your numbers against the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT and GPA figures each school reports to the ABA. It returns a benchmark status per school — below median, at median, or above median. It does not calculate your odds or probability of admission.

TL;DR: This calculator compares your LSAT score and GPA to each law school's published 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile figures from ABA Standard 509 Reports, showing whether you sit above, at, or below that school's admitted-class median. It is a benchmarking tool, not an odds calculator — no tool can tell you your actual probability of admission.

What are my chances of getting into law school?

No calculator can tell you your actual chances of getting into law school, including this one. Admissions committees weigh personal statements, letters of recommendation, work experience, and institutional priorities that sit outside any public dataset. What this tool gives you instead is a numeric benchmark — how your LSAT and GPA compare to a school's published class profile. That comparison is useful context. It is not a prediction of your outcome.

Here's how to read the benchmark output once you run your numbers:

• Below the 25th percentile: your LSAT or GPA is lower than roughly three-quarters of that school's admitted class on that metric. That doesn't disqualify you — it means your file needs to work harder on softs, and you may be reviewed as a "splitter" or "reverse splitter" depending on which number is low.
• Between the 25th and 75th percentile: you're within the range most admitted students present. Your numbers are competitive; the rest of your file matters more here.
• Above the 75th percentile: your LSAT or GPA exceeds what most admitted students presented. Numbers alone don't guarantee anything, but this is often where scholarship leverage starts.

How Lovare approaches admissions benchmarking: Lovare Institut builds its admissions guidance on a dataset of and , which lets an advisor read your benchmark result alongside your actual file — softs, timeline, and scholarship strategy included. If you want that layer of review on top of this calculator's output, look at Lovare's law school admissions consulting service.

How does the admissions calculator work?

This calculator takes two inputs — your LSAT score, on the 120–180 scale, and your undergraduate GPA, on the standard 0.0–4.0 scale — and checks them against each school's most recently published 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile figures. Those figures come from each school's ABA Standard 509 Report, filed annually. The calculator does not access or reproduce any school's private, internal index formula.

Most law schools weight the LSAT more heavily than GPA when they build internal numeric indices, largely because the LSAT is the more standardized predictor tracked under ABA accreditation requirements. Exact weighting formulas are proprietary to each school and are not made public, so this tool benchmarks your numbers against published percentile bands rather than attempting to reverse-engineer a school's private formula.

A few mechanics worth knowing before you read your results:

1. Enter your LSAT score first. If you've taken the test more than once, use your highest score — most schools report the highest LSAT to the ABA, though policies on how schools treat multiple attempts vary by school .
2. Enter your cumulative undergraduate GPA, calculated using the LSAC's standardized GPA methodology, which can differ slightly from the GPA on your transcript.
3. Select or add your target schools. The calculator pulls each school's latest disclosed percentile bands for comparison.
4. Read your result as a range, not a verdict. A result "at the 50th percentile" means you match the median admitted student on that number — nothing more.

How accurate is this calculator?

This calculator is exactly as accurate as the public percentile data behind it — no more, no less. It draws from each school's most recently published ABA Standard 509 Report, which reflects the class that was already admitted, not the pool currently applying. If a school's applicant numbers shift for the incoming cycle, this tool won't reflect that until the school's next annual disclosure.

Its honest limits:

• It doesn't see your file. Personal statement, letters of recommendation, work experience, and interview performance aren't inputs, and they routinely move outcomes for applicants near a school's median.
• It doesn't model current-cycle volume. Application volume can rise or fall year to year; published medians lag the cycle you're actually applying in.
• 509 data is annual. Schools file Standard 509 Reports with the ABA once a year , covering the prior admitted class.
• It doesn't model scholarship negotiation or waitlist movement. Both can change your outcome after admission, independent of your initial numeric benchmark.
• It is not an admissions predictor. Nothing on this page, or generated by this tool, states or implies a probability of admission to any school.

What LSAT/GPA do you need for your target schools?

The LSAT and GPA you need depends entirely on which school and tier you're targeting — there is no single cutoff that applies across schools. The table below shows typical median ranges by tier. Check your specific target school's most recent ABA Standard 509 Report for its exact figures, since these numbers update every year.

• School Tier: T14 | Example Schools: Yale, Harvard, Stanford | Median LSAT (50th percentile): | Median GPA (50th percentile):
• School Tier: T15–T30 | Example Schools: Georgetown, UCLA, USC | Median LSAT (50th percentile): | Median GPA (50th percentile):
• School Tier: T31–T50 | Example Schools: Fordham, Boston University, Wake Forest | Median LSAT (50th percentile): | Median GPA (50th percentile):
• School Tier: T51–T100 | Example Schools: Varies widely by region | Median LSAT (50th percentile): | Median GPA (50th percentile):
• School Tier: Below T100 | Example Schools: Varies widely by region | Median LSAT (50th percentile): | Median GPA (50th percentile):

Tier groupings shift slightly year to year depending on which ranking source you use, and individual schools move between tiers. Always confirm your target school's current Standard 509 data before relying on any single number.

FAQ

Is a law school admissions calculator accurate?A law school admissions calculator is accurate only for what it measures: how your LSAT and GPA compare to a school's published percentile data. Schools file this data annually in ABA Standard 509 Reports. The calculator cannot account for personal statements, letters, or holistic factors, so treat its output as a benchmark, not a prediction.

What LSAT score do I need to get into law school?There's no universal LSAT score required to get into law school — competitive scores vary by school and shift every admissions cycle. Each ABA-accredited school publishes its own 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT figures in its annual Standard 509 Report. Compare your score against your specific target schools' current figures rather than a general benchmark.

Does GPA or LSAT matter more for law school admissions?Most law schools weight the LSAT more heavily than undergraduate GPA in their internal numeric indices, largely because it's a standardized predictor tracked under ABA accreditation rules. Exact weighting isn't publicly disclosed and varies by school. A strong GPA can offset a lower LSAT and vice versa — a pattern often called a "splitter" file.

Can a calculator tell me my chances of getting into a T14 law school?No calculator can tell you your actual chances of admission to a T14 law school or any other school. What a calculator can show is whether your LSAT and GPA fall below, within, or above a T14 school's published percentile range. T14 schools also weigh softs and institutional priorities no numeric tool can measure.

How often do law schools update their LSAT/GPA medians?Law schools update their published LSAT and GPA medians once per year through their ABA Standard 509 Report, covering the class that entered the prior fall . Because these figures lag the current applicant cycle, always check for the most recently filed report before comparing your numbers.

What is the ABA Standard 509 Report?An ABA Standard 509 Report is a disclosure every ABA-accredited law school must file annually, listing admissions data including LSAT and GPA percentiles, acceptance rates, and enrollment figures. Standard 509 is part of the American Bar Association's accreditation requirements. It's the primary public source calculators like this one use to benchmark applicant numbers against admitted classes.