Applicants often assume law schools see a detailed section-by-section breakdown of their LSAT performance, the way a diagnostic tool might show it. In reality, what actually reaches admissions offices is narrower — and knowing exactly what's on it changes how much certain decisions actually matter.
Your official report shows your scaled score (120–180) for each test you took that wasn't cancelled, plus your overall LSAT percentile. It does NOT show a section-by-section breakdown, your raw number of correct answers, or your pacing/timing data — that level of detail exists only in tools built for your own preparation, not in what schools receive.
| What's on the official report | What's NOT on it |
|---|---|
| Scaled score (120–180) per attempt | Section-by-section scaled scores |
| Overall percentile | Raw number of questions correct |
| Test date(s) | Timing or pacing data |
| Cancelled attempts (shown, but not scored) | Which specific questions you missed |
Most law schools see every non-cancelled attempt, not just your highest score — though how heavily they weigh a pattern of retakes varies by school, and many focus primarily on your highest score in practice. A cancelled attempt shows as cancelled, not as a low score, which is part of why the cancellation decision carries real weight.
Since schools never see your section-level breakdown, there's no scenario where an admissions committee is comparing your Logic Games percentile against another applicant's — the section-level diagnostic work matters entirely for YOUR preparation process, not for anything schools will ever directly evaluate. That's exactly why using a diagnostic to guide your studying, rather than worrying about the breakdown as an end in itself, is the right frame.
Some applicants worry that performing unevenly across sections on test day will somehow “show” to schools in a way that looks worse than a more balanced but lower total score. It won't — a 165 is a 165 regardless of whether it came from a stronger Logical Reasoning performance or a stronger Reading Comprehension one. The final number is genuinely all that reaches the admissions side.