What is an LSAT point worth at each law school?

We use official ABA 509 disclosure data — the same data law schools are required to report annually. For each of the 195 schools, we estimate your scholarship based on your LSAT score and GPA relative to the enrolled student body using a composite percentile model weighted by school tier. We then calculate the difference between your current and target scores to show the marginal value of your score increase. The model accounts for school generosity, applicant placement (above/below medians), and grant distribution patterns.

No. Scholarship decisions involve many factors beyond LSAT and GPA, including personal statements, work experience, application timing, and institutional budget priorities. This calculator gives an estimate modelled from historical patterns in ABA 509 disclosures, which report what enrolled students received and never say why. Think of it as a well-informed range, not a guarantee. Real offers may be higher or lower.

The estimated value of a point is not linear, and it depends on where your score sits relative to each school's median. In our model the largest movement comes from points that carry you from below a school's 50th percentile to above it. At T14 schools, where scores cluster in a narrow range and several schools award on demonstrated need alone, the estimated per-point value can be near zero. At schools ranked roughly 30 to 100, a single point can model out at $3,000 to $8,000 over three years. These are patterns in what past classes received, not rules any school has published.

Yes, both matter. Our model weights them by tier: T14 schools weight LSAT and GPA more equally (1.1 to 1), while lower-ranked schools lean further toward LSAT (up to 1.8 to 1). That weighting is our modelling assumption, chosen to fit observed grant distributions. The ABA 509 data does not record what any school actually weighs.